"Amazing" is a word you don't read in too many theater reviews. So keeping in mind that it's well-considered use here requires a lot of contextual "yets" and "buts," King Kong is amazing, both the creature and the show. Its flaws and shortcomings as a musical are impossible to ignore, but as spectacle and entertainment, it's hard to deny that King Kong is a jaw-dropping experience.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:06PM on November 9, 2018