Review of The Monkey King (2023) by Leslie Felperin for The Guardian — 16 Aug 2023
The latest in a 10,000-mile-long line of adaptations of Journey to the West, the 16th-century Chinese novel attributed to Wu Cheng’en, bounces along energetically, and has some exceptionally fun frills around the edges, such as a flouncy vocal performance from Bowen Yang as spiteful, effete baddie the Dragon King, who gets to sing the film’s best musical number.
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This review of The Monkey King (2023) was written by Leslie Felperin and published by The Guardian on 16 August 2023.
The Monkey King has generally received positive reviews.
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