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Jungleland

Jungleland

Drama · 2020

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.

Movie details

Jungleland

2020 Drama 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Jungleland?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Max Winkler

Written by

Theodore Bressman · David Branson Smith · Max Winkler

Charlie Hunnam

Charlie Hunnam

Stanley Kaminski

Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

Walter 'Lion' Kaminski

Jessica Barden

Jessica Barden

Sky

Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz

Buck

Jonathan Majors

Jonathan Majors

Pepper

John Cullum

John Cullum

Yates

Owen Burke

Owen Burke

Meadows

Court is in session

Put Jungleland on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.