King of the Hill

1993

Action / Drama / History

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 84% · 32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 9318 9.3K

hotel great depression canary based on memoir or autobiography tuberculosis traveling salesman

Plot summary

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.

Director

Steven Soderbergh Photo
Steven Soderbergh

Top cast

John McConnell Photo
John McConnell as Patrolman Burns
John Durbin Photo
John Durbin as Mr. Sandoz
Lauryn Hill Photo
Lauryn Hill as Elevator Operator
Adrien Brody Photo
Adrien Brody as Lester
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
877.85 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 2
1.65 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by FilmCriticLalitRao 8 / 10

Adrien Brody is a great actor. Soderburg must see this film in order to reinvent his old style.

The good and unique thing about "King of the hill" is that it cannot be pigeonholed. It is neither the run of the mill, hippie dippy graced by the box office Hollywood flick not it is a sensible sample of the American independent movement. It is a film which is rarely made these days. This is because such films are made through a stroke of luck. A must for all the young kids who have ever had a bold direct personal encounter with poverty. Jesse Bradford is a joy to behold. So are Jeroen Krabbe, Splading Gray and Elisabeth Mcgovern. However the crowd puller is the great performance by Adrien Brody. He plays his role with tremendous dedication. Anyone could have easily predicted that he is a star in the making. As far as captain soderburg is concerned. Just a word of advice : kindly reinvent your lost style by watching some of your old films. May be the world might surely benefit due to your watching your own films.
Reviewed by AKS-6 7 / 10

Fine film

"King of the Hill" is a great film. The acting is brilliant. Jesse Bradford is a stand out and it's one of those performances where you're awed by the fact that someone that young can be such a fantastic actor (like with Haley Joel Osment in "The Sixth Sense" and Eamonn Owens in "The Butcher Boy"). It's also interesting to see Adrien Brody in an early role as I just noticed him a few weeks ago when I saw "Summer of Sam". The film itself is also a very interesting and touching drama. Bravo Soderbergh! (7/10)
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