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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertKing of the Corner is not plot-driven. It's like life: just one damned thing after another
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA witty and wise midlife comedy, not only represents Peter Riegert's debut as a feature director but gives this gifted veteran performer his juiciest big-screen role in quite some time.
- 63Chicago TribuneAllison BenediktChicago TribuneAllison BenediktMoments of this film reminded me of Alexander Payne's great library of male dysfunction -- "Election," "About Schmidt," "Sideways" -- not because King of the Corner actually reaches Payne's plane, but because I wish it had tried.
- 60Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderRiegert and his cowriter, Gerald Shapiro, breathe some fresh air into the material with their credible characters.
- 60L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorI've never quite figured out what the poker-faced Peter Riegert does as an actor, but his matter-of-fact minimalism is always funny and affecting.
- 60Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWarm and wise comedy of middle-age malaise.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's all pleasant but fairly unimportant, and then -- POW -- comes the great scene, almost out of nowhere.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyLacks the stylistic attention to psychological distress that might have lent it maximum impact. Instead, the pic is amiable, kinda charming, visually routine, and incisive in individual sequences.
- 50Village VoiceAkiva GottliebVillage VoiceAkiva GottliebAn average film starring an average character actor, but maybe that's the point. 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.
- 40The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonIt's a low-key actor's showreel, harmless and toothless and sleepy. It'd go pretty well with a glass of warm milk.