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Kings Of South Beach
MOVIE: A&E, Monday 3/12 at 9:00p (120 minutes)

6.2 based on 7 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 4 votes read user comments rate this tv show

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Starring Donnie Wahlberg, Jason Gedrick, Nadine Velazquez, Sean Poolman, Frank John Hughes, Juan Pablo Gamboa, and Ricardo A. Chavira

This based-on-a-true-story mob movie--penned by Nicholas Pileggi ("Goodfellas")--is set in the Miami club scene in the 1990s.

GENRE(S):	Crime, Drama, True Story
FIRST AIR DATE:	March 12, 2007

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

New York Post Linda Stasi

The dialog is crisply Pileggi, natch, but it's the flavor of South Beach, the most exciting American city in the 1990's (before the tourists realized that it was safe to go back in the water) that's captured precisely.

50

New York Magazine John Leonard

[It] telegraphs its most important punch too early on, and the rest is loud music, strobe lights, nose candy, and debauched dancing.

30

TV Guide Matt Roush

More attention [is] paid to recreating the glam disco milieu than to developing character.

30

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

Unfortunately, this flick is far more interested in hot bods than an arresting story.

20

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Wahlberg is winningly sincere and yet sneaky.... But the lazy, simplistic script plays more like an episode of a second-rate crime series.

10

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

A giant bore.

10

Variety Brian Lowry

It all feels wan, tired and painfully predictable, with scant dimension for either Gedrick or Wahlberg to mine beyond the tough-guy sneers.

The average user rating for this tv show is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

El Guero gave it a7:
the only reason I gave it a 7 is because I waited so long for this to come out!!!just shocked something finally made it to the screen. Wahlberg was great ( I will watch whatever his next project is , without a doubt) , Gedrick had the look, just not a deep enough script. there were a ton of non factual events. I know that it wasn't suppose to be true life , but come on , where was his buddy from New York, he DJ guy? we needed more insight into dealings withAllie Boy and also, Paciello's (oops I mean Trujero -whatever that is) dates with celebs and models. like the critics have said , it was a second rate crime movie. that scene at the end when Chris was running from the cops , that was disgusting. What happened to the movie that was supposed to start Mario Lopez? I guess it never got off the ground and morphed into this "B" ,made for TV flick. All in all , I'm glad it was made , I'm happy A&E is showing shows like this and the addition of Sopranos , I find myself watching this channel more and more.

Otho S gave it a3:
I agree with T Scott's assessment of the talents of the Wahlberg brothers. Donnie has "the right stuff," while I don't get the same "good vibrations" from Mark. (Sorry, I could not resist.) This movie was really bad, though—cliche-ridden throughout, like a subpar episode of CSI: Miami or Miami Vice.

T Scott gave it a7:
Not too bad, but the storyline was predictable. The best acting, by far, was done by D. Wahlberg. Why doesn't someone find a good script for this guy??? He's a great actor (better than Mark - brings a lot of depth to his characters), but his talents are wasted on flimsy stories. Jason Gedrick did a pretty good job. They just didn't have much to work with in terms of the script. How many minutes of the movie were wasted showing the dance floor? We get it already.

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