Joe the King R

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  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 15, 2000
  • Originally Released: 1999
  • Label: Lions Gate

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User Ratings: 1,486
a deeply sad picture of mistreated youth, told with considerable skill, and blessedly shorn of sentimentality
culturevulture.net
Jan 1, 2000
Even with warts and all, "Joe the King" is a very worthwhile drama. Full Review
Cinema Crazed
Apr 21, 2014
...An impressive writing and directing debut....Punctuated by a strong cast and affecting performances... -- 4 out of 5 stars
Box Office
Oct 1, 1999
Unfortunately, Whaley opts to take the sentimental route, providing easy, crowd-pleasing answers to the serious questions he raises. Full Review
Film Journal International
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 3/4 -- A very tough, very real film, anchored by the memorable work of the two leads. Full Review
TheMovieReport.com
Dec 5, 2004
Rating: 2/4 -- The film is so steeped in resentment that it's not able to pull back and let us see the boy behind the shield of his misery. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 4/5 -- Coming-of-age movie with mature themes, lots of profanity. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Jul 12, 2016

Product Description:

A sensitive, uncompromising portrait of a resilient young boy trying to navigate the loneliness and confusion of adolescence and the harsh circumstances of his dysfunctional family life in a small blue collar town in upstate New York during the 1970s. Whaley's first directorial effort shows his inexperience at various moments, but it is this exact lack of expertise that lifts the film above standard coming-of-age fare into a realm of honesty that most major motion pictures never attain. The fact that the friends he recruited to help fill integral roles just so happen to be Kilmer, Hawke, and Leguizamo didn't hurt matters either.

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  • UPC: 031398724537
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