King of the Hill (1993)
A young boy struggles on his own in a run-down hotel after his parents and younger brother are individually separated from which is set in the 1930s Depression-era Midwest.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Steven Soderbergh
Written By: Steven Soderbergh, A.E. Hotchner
Starring: Adrien Brody, Jeroen Krabbé, Katherine Heigl, Amber Benson, Karen Allen, Elizabeth McGovern, Jesse Bradford, Spalding Gray, David Jensen, Lisa Eichhorn, Lauryn Hill
Country: USA
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King of the Hill belongs to 20 collections
1. Criterion Collection (collaborative: moderated by caffe - 167 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (collaborative: moderated by epiphany - 20 stars)
3. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
4. Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen (collaborative: moderated by katsuben - 12 stars)
5. Children in lead role (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 8 stars)
6. 1930s period film (collaborative: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
7. Great Films about Childhood (collaborative: moderated by PerryStroika - 4 stars)
8. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray and 4K) (public: PepeCamello - 3 stars)
9. Movies I Must See (public: gagknee - 1 star)
10. explorer nflix queue (public: explorer - 1 star)
11. Cannes 1993 Official Selection (collaborative)
12. Cliff Martinez (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
13. Available on Divicast (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx)
14. 1993: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
15. 3: High Priority (public: KasperL)
16. Criticker Wachtlist (public: zero7)
17. 90lar (public: Ozancan)
18. My Criterions (public: Matthew Parkinson)
19. Backlog 1993/94 (public: caffe)
20. Watchlist (public: ashot)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Dec 30, 2021 |  |
deaddilly | 75 60th |
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The warm grading and expensive look of the film are just some sleight of hand for Soderbergh to land his morbid payoff. I wish the ending wasn't so tidy.
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| Jul 04, 2021 | batolo | 80 75th |
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Takes us into the experience of growing up with food, housing, and parental insecurity during the depression. Despite the considerable hardships of several characters, it also somehow manages to show positivity and not be acutely depressing.
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| Jul 01, 2021 | Ritteh | 75 75th |
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Adrian Brody before he was famous. Interestingly, Brody and Bradford had worked together in a film a year earlier called The Boy Who Cried Bitch.
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| May 24, 2020 |  |
peyrin | 60 32nd |
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A very competent piece technically (lots of Coen brothers in its DNA), but the whiplash between carefree twee childhood and straight-up morbidity (this kid is eating pictures of food!) is more jarring than enlightening.
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| Mar 29, 2020 |  |
nobamba | 75 83rd |
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It would be a kids' film but for a few mature moments. Interesting to see the Depression juxtaposed with the innocence of childhood, similar to The Florida Project. Good cast of characters made the neighborhood believable. Didn't care for the feel good ending. Fav scene: dinner party at Katherine Heigl's home.
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| Nov 06, 2019 |  |
kito1 | 70 73rd |
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Lovely and intriguing film, good protagonists and environment. The score and camera work make it especially enjoyable and mellow.
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| Aug 08, 2017 |  |
Gnalkhere | 80 71st |
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No propane and propane accessories found here, just pain and pain accessories
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| Jan 26, 2015 |  |
eCitizen | 91 90th |
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An excellent story about a young boy during the depression who is left to fend for himself by circumstances. Jesse Bradford does a find job acting and is quite young in this, as is Katherine Heigl. Elizabeth McGovern was a beautiful hooker. Adrien Brody was also entertaining as the older neighborhood friend. A heart warming story, as you watch the smart young boy struggle to overcome poverty, loss and hunger while waiting for his father to return home.
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| Jan 22, 2015 |  |
chadisdanger | 78 53rd |
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May very well be the warmest film Soderbergh ever made, but despite a score that sometimes gets too cute/jaunty and what appears to be a pretty typical coming-of-age story on paper, this isn't just some sentimental period piece. Soderbergh is keen to show the hardship and pain inherent in the story, and there's more darkness and ambiguity than you might think. Not a particularly ambitious film but one with a lot of craft and heart.
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| Sep 03, 2013 |  |
eric-jan | 75 74th |
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Great feelgood movie, with some dark sides. A boy against the world! Loved the performances of Brody and Krabbé. Not boring for a second and actually an instant LEGENDARY movie! How can you not be impressed? Soderbergh's masterpiece!
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| Aug 22, 2013 |  |
wetwillies | 95 93rd |
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One of Soderbergh's best. Like a mixture of Spielberg and Barton Fink. The quick and heartbreaking shattering of childhood innocence in the Depression era. Fantastic performances from the whole cast (loved seeing Spalding Gray), with Jesse Bradford being very impressive. It's a very warm and resonant film. You could think the ending is a copout but I saw it as a relief.
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| Jul 28, 2013 |  |
hsncrspywl | 48 17th |
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I guess it's competently made - not necessarily bad as such - but I just couldn't connect with it. There was some interesting characterisation going on but it's largely ignored in favour of a more standard plot. It's done well but I found it uninteresting - and it had so much potential, with the inclusion of Spalding Gray or the protagonist's imagination. Unimpressed and disappointed by what could have been a very sharp film but what is instead by-the-numbers.
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| May 02, 2013 |  |
djross | 55 53rd |
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It occurs to me to wonder if, when pitching this film, the director was in the middle of explaining the ways in which it was to be a blistering critique of poverty and inequality when, suddenly, he paused, and announced, in a kind of epiphany, "But you know, at the end of the day, this is a movie about hope." As seems the norm with this filmmaker, his intelligence means that obvious pitfalls are avoided, but no great heights are reached either. Still, there's something affecting about it.
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| Feb 12, 2013 | caprimode | 75 58th |
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A moving Depression-era drama, about a kid (Bradford) that gets essentially left on his own without any help. It's a pretty easy drama with the subject, but Soderbergh helps it out with the strength of his shots behind the camera.
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| Jan 01, 2011 | glm | 83 74th |
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83.250
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| Feb 25, 2010 |  |
jeff_v | 85 95th |
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King of the Hill is little-seen and underrated and nothing like anything else in Soderbergh's oeuvre. Yet it's a fantastic film all the same.
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| Nov 29, 2009 |  |
TheDiceman | 70 82nd |
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Very entertaining with great display of talent all round.
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| May 25, 2009 |  |
DavidKahane | 81 68th |
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Soderbergh gets at the enveloping hopelessness of the Great Depression without getting too pushy. He just tells the story with shrewd writing and elegant shot construction. The acting slips a little here and there, but in all other respects the execution matches the sterling intent. It's not one of Soderbergh's better known works, but it's a splendid evidence of his value and importance as a filmmaker.
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| Apr 20, 2008 |  |
Stain | 60 47th |
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Competent, but there's not much here
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| Sep 17, 2007 | Dustyd | 70 63rd |
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solid drama
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| Average Percentile 65.02% from 298 Ratings |  |