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06/16/05
King Of The Corner (2005)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:28
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Riegert makes this low-key, rueful comedy about mid-life angst appealing.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Actor Peter Riegert stars, directs, and co-wrote the mid-life crisis comedy KING OF THE CORNER. Riegert plays Leo Spivak, whose middle-class existence slowly seems to be unraveling at the seams, as... [More]
Starring: Peter Riegert, Isabella Rossellini, Dominic Chianese, Eric Bogosian
Director: Peter Riegert
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09/10/05
With scenes that just sort of pile up, words hanging in the air, and humiliations that are never for a greater good (or bad), Riegert keeps us always at a safe distance.
06/18/05
perfectly average in almost every way.
10/26/05
There's something not quite right when you sense a movie is unraveling in front of you and you're not certain what, exactly, is coming unraveled.
07/18/05
Although Riegert, who has here assembled a first-rate cast, clearly has a good touch with actors, his handling of the awkward material reveals his directorial inexperience.
09/01/05
Top CriticLook up the word 'slight' in the dictionary and you could find a still from this film.
08/19/05
Peter Riegert's immense likability factor does much to carry King of the Corner, but Riegert's directorial debut is a clunky affair
09/05/05
Riegert's dry wit and charismatic presence offset the movie's limitations
04/23/05
Mr. Riegert has assembled a capable cast with too little to do or say in this dry, crumbly, barely nourishing tale of intergenerational woe.
08/27/05
Top CriticThe story should have kept it’s focus on the midlife crisis but tried to cover too much ground without exploring any fully.
09/11/05
A labor of love film where you feel love much stronger than you feel the film.
10/05/05
This is perilously close to a vanity film, but since the star has always seemed like one of the least vain guys in the business, maybe he deserves to go on a bender.
09/16/05
This is a story about the benefits of just showing up. Even at its most sentimental, Riegert's pet project possesses a lived-in integrity that nearly offsets the staleness of the material.
08/17/05
It's a warm, unexpectedly moving portrait of a man on the verge of what could either be a dreadful or delightful second chapter.
09/22/05
The marketing focus groups, product testing, and even a pre-planning visit to the funeral home provide a lot of laughs, but then you get little surprises.
09/12/05
Riegert doesn't pretend to have answers, but he does have a unique point of view and the sort of rueful humor you need if you're going to make it through a lifetime's worth of difficulties.
06/02/05
The pic is amiable, kinda charming, visually routine, and incisive in individual sequences.
06/24/05
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