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- 1989
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 37 m
- 1989
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.
Directed By: Pat O'Connor
Written By: John Patrick Shanley
- 1989
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 37 m
- 1989
- R
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 37 m
The January Man
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Summary Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.
Directed By: Pat O'Connor
Written By: John Patrick Shanley
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Generally Unfavorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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53% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
47% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
33
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
53% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
47% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
The January Man is nothing to seek out if you want airtight logic. What it offers is charm, blather, the dazzlement of writing and performance that wear thin well before the final, credulity-straining quarter.
Kevin Kline roars through The January Man as a character who is a mirror image of the one he played in A Fish Called Wanda. This time, he's uncommonly bright but still marches to a very different drummer. But while Wanda was bright and slick and very funny, January is as leaden as the month, and not very funny. [13 Jan 1989, p.5G]
Only the comedy is successful, and only intermittently. [14 Jan 1989]
John Patrick Shanley's screenplay, touching on themes of betrayal and corruption, honesty and trust, promises and teases but suffers from coitus interruptus.
Writer John Patrick Shanley, whose mix of comedy and romantic whimsy produced intoxicating results in Moonstruck, mixes thrills, social satire and romantic whimsy in The January Man and gets mush. The whodunit is spectacularly implausible, the comedy misjudged, the romance forced. [30 Jan 1989, p.70]
A number of good actors, including Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon, are utterly wasted in this idiotic story, which can't make up its mind whether it's a comedy or a drama. [17 Jan 1989, p.10]
The January Man is well titled. It's a big-budget mainstream production that, in spite of its first-rate writer, director and cast, manages to fail in just about every department.
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