Joe The King Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites
This is a smart film, told in a minor key, that augurs well for Whaley's directing career.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites
Whaley's self-effacing but strongly etched and wrenchingly effective film.Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
Leads you through a miserable childhood without sentimentality or relief. The effect is torturous.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Jan StewartAdd Critic to Favorites
Antisentimental to a fault.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Too much self-pity.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Bruce FrettsAdd Critic to Favorites
So willfully bleak and profanity-filled, it could only have been written and directed by an actor.Read the full review
The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites
Dramatically Joe the King feels unglued, as if crucial sequences had been left on the cutting-room floor.Read the full review
