
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police.... (Full plot summary below)
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Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police.
Leave your thoughts about The January Man.
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonThe 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. |
| United Press InternationalCathy BurkeThe film sets out to be large, dramatic and powerful -- as well as endearing -- and misses on every point. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrJohn Patrick Shanley's screenplay, touching on themes of betrayal and corruption, honesty and trust, promises and teases but suffers from coitus interruptus. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenMoonstruck writer John Patrick Shanley and Irish director Pat O'Connor are absolutely out of their league, a couple of artists slumming, hoping to bring sensitivity to a genre that could well use it. But all they've done is make you appreciate the true value of the car chase. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe 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. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenThe January Man is worth study as a film that fails to find its tone. It's all over the map. It wants to be zany but violent, satirical but slapstick, romantic but cynical. It wants some of its actors to rant and rave like amateur tragedians, and others to reach for subtle nuances. And it wants all of these things to happen at the same time. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsBob BloomA strange suspense thriller that is uninvolving. |
| User Reviewjim lgreat cast.good story, a bit of comedy , drama and violence |
| User ReviewCourtney WWest Virginia gets a nod in the opening scene. I really loved the movie. |
| User ReviewAngela MI was really surprised at how much I liked this film. Came for Alan Rickman, hung around for Kevin Kline. |