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Joe the King

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Joe the King (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 15  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis:
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... [More]
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. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Noah Fleiss, Karen Young, John Leguizamo, Ethan Hawke, Val Kilmer

Director: Frank Whaley
Screenwriter: Frank Whaley
Producer: Scott Macaulay

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Release:

Mar 2, 2001

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An uncompromising but wonderful film that reinforces the saying 'Never judge a person until you've walked in their shoes.'

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01/26/05 04:36 AM
Philip Martin
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A very tough, very real film, anchored by the memorable work of the two leads.

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An excellent piece of entertainment. The cast is undeniably brilliant.

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a deeply sad picture of mistreated youth, told with considerable skill, and blessedly shorn of sentimentality

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