King of the Hill

I believe that this movie is certainly one of the top ten movies of the past decade. The 1990's had many fine quality films produced in the US. King of The Hill is a well made and excellent story with great... Full review

I can recall first seeing "King of the Hill" shorty after its initial release when I wasn't much older than the main character, Aaron (Jesse Bradford, who displays the natural swagger of a young George Clooney here). I was totally... Full review

As Soderbergh has risen to the stratosphere of Hollywood enablers, he seems to have replaced character with something else -- odd collections of in-jokes, hand ringing and Oscar-worthy speeches. If he's connected with the pulse of America, he has done... Full review

This is a beautiful movie about an enterprising young man who survives various hardships during the depression. It has a bitter edge but isn't excessive and brings back tales of my grandmother's of how her family coped during the depression.... Full review

What a wonderful film. So evocative of the 1930s.Jesse Bradford was terrific as the main character. I had the opportunity in 2004 while working as an extra on Oceans 12 in Chicago to tell the director of "King of the... Full review

Not to be confused with that T.V. show thing. King of the Hill is one of the most vivid film experiences I remember as a child. No, I wasn't lucky enough to catch it on the big screen. Instead I... Full review

Over the years this little gem of a film has become a personal favourite. I revisit it continuously, I enjoy showing it to someone who never heard of it and it never fails. The emotions are renewed and reinvigorated with... Full review

The best movie ever produce by Steven Soderbergh. It will surely touch your heart as it shows true family relationship.... Full review

Everything works with this one. Really interesting and heart-rending story, great characters, fine sets, lighting, costumes, music, excellent acting.Someone compared this to The Pianist and I see what he means. It reminds me of a movie like Paper Moon, but... Full review

I first rented King Of The Hill (1993) back in 1994 and was delightfully surprised at the great quality of the film. First off I am not a fan of Steven Soderbergh and only slightly liked Sex Lies and Videotope.... Full review

The slow-paced "King of the Hill" is a feel-good fable in which it's difficult to work up any worry over a boy with clearly unsinkable spirits. At the start, Aaron is shown to be a charming liar, his patently absurd deceits hiding his circumstances from much-better-off fellow students and a concerned teacher (Karen Allen). ... Full Review

Now, with characteristic variety, Soderbergh has reinvented the creative wheel with "King of the Hill. In the meantime, he gets to know his strange neighbors, including alcoholic Spalding Gray, a friendly, deteriorating gentleman who offers ladies of the evening (including Elizabeth McGovern) meals for their in-kind services. ... Full Review

Now, with the kind of material you'd never dream of associating with him, he has made his best film. His mother ( Lisa Eichhorn ) is capable and loving, but too ill to help out, and finally has to go to the sanitarium. ... Full Review

With an accomplished director at the helm, King of the Hill becomes a remarkable odyssey about a resilient young hero who uses both his imagination and his sense of reality to survive. Soderbergh has carefully developed this movie to draw out the drama without resorting to tired plot devices. ... Full Review

lends itself to a number of powerful images:....His style is frank, not quirky....The fact is, Aaron's story, no matter how plain it might initially seem, is powerful in its simplicity.....Of course, to do justice to the plot, an effective young actor was needed to play Aaron..... ... Full Review

The end of summer vacation means that teen comedies and 3-D horror flicks will be vacating the multiplex, making room for the grown-up movies that will be previewed at fall film festivals. ... Full Article

Engaging, well made horror that gets a decent amount of tension out of its simple premise, even if it's not quite as shocking and provocative as it thinks it is. ... Full Article

"KING OF THE HILL" Boy scrambles to survive in Depression-era St.Louis.Steven Soderbergh ("Erin Brockovich") directs. 1 p.m.Saturday, Film Vault, KC Central Library. ... Full Article

After several seasons of narrowly avoiding the cancellation ax, King Of The Hill 's time has finally run out.The animated show, created by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge, is wrapping production at the end of this, its 13th season. ... Full Article

Based on the memoirs of author A.E. Hotchner, King of the Hill is a coming-of-age film set during the Great Depression in St. Louis, Missouri. Jesse Bradford plays Aaron Kurlander, a twelve-year-old boy whose family, like many others, has fallen ... Full Article

"People all want to know why I haven't been doing more films," she said, sitting over coffee at her country breakfast table several weeks ago and shooing away one of her cats with a spray bottle. "It actually feels exciting ... Full Article