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The A.V. Club by Carlos Aguilar
Earnest fraternal affection is the main attraction in Jungleland, director Max Winkler’s moody road-trip movie by way of a bare-knuckle boxing drama.
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Director Max Winkler truly seems to believe that he’s cutting to the heart of the boulevard of broken dreams.
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The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney
It's a story cut from familiar cloth that's absorbing enough but never quite escapes its whiff of cliché.
40
It’s the kind of enterprise that has everything but a single fresh idea, or even moment. ... The sombre tone feels forced rather than earned, because everything here comes out of The Giant Golden Book Of Coulda Beena Contenda Cliches.
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The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
The sweaty clichés enacted along the way are uniformly tired and ultimately offensive. A love scene near the movie’s finale, Winkler’s vision of sex among the underclass, is a caricature that could comfortably fit in the new “Borat” movie.
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A confidently crafted, well-acted three-hander ... But some viewers will find the hamster-wheel nature of “Jungleland” monotonous, and it’s hard to blame them.
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Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh
This dire and dreamy road movie is impressive work from director and co-writer Winkler (he co-wrote with Theodore Bressman and David Branson Smith).
75
The Associated Press by Mark Kennedy
This very American fable has been blessed with three remarkable performances.
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RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley
Winkler, and featuring three very strong central performances and eye-catching poetic visuals, Jungleland is more of a mood-piece than anything else, and on that level it works beautifully. The mood is strange, sad, and hypnotic.
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Strong performances across the board and a propulsive sense of mounting desperation makes for a compelling piece of storytelling.