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The January Man (1989)

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Movie Info

This offbeat police thriller with heavy doses of humor was written by John Patrick Shanley, the former playwright who wrote Cher's hit romantic comedy Moonstruck. Kevin Kline stars as Nick Starkey, a brilliant former New York City police detective who has been exiled to the fire department because of his unorthodox ways. He's called back to service by his police commissioner brother Frank (Harvey Keitel) in the hopes that he can find a bizarre serial killer who's been murdering one woman a

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: Pat O'Connor

In Theaters: Jan 13, 1989 Wide

On DVD: Apr 16, 2002

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

Kevin Kline
Nick Starkey
Susan Sarandon
Christine Starkey
Mary Elizabeth Mastranton...
Bernadette Flynn
Harvey Keitel
Frank Starkey
Danny Aiello
Capt. Vincent Alcoa
Rod Steiger
Mayor Eamon Flynn
Alan Rickman
Ed
Faye Grant
Alison Hawkins
Jayne Haynes
Alma
Brian Tarantina
Cone
Bruce MacVittie
Rip
Bill Cobbs
Detective Reilly
Greg Walker
January Man
Tandy Cronyn
Lena
Gerard Parkes
Rev. Drew
Errol Slue
Chief Sunday
Warren Davis
Bill
Malachy McCourt
Hob
Billie Neal
Gwen
L�zaro P�rez
Ramon
Jerry Rector
Newscaster-Reporter
Grant Shaud
Newscaster-Reporter
Kenneth Welsh
Roger Culver
Max Raven
Dective Robbins
Joan Heney
Claire
William Christian
Tim
Bill Cwikowski
Press Representative
Paul Geier
Detective Muse
Elizabeth Karr
Newscaster-Reporter
James Mainprize
Harry
Katherine E. Miller
Olympia
Colin Mochrie
Pat
Majda Rogerson
Mildred
Jane Sanders
Mia
Ann Talman
Sarah
J.B. Waters
Police Officer
Richard Johnson
Newscaster-Reporter
James Ryan
Newscaster-Reporter

Critic Reviews for The January Man

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (11) | DVD (2)

good mystery

May 23, 2004 Comment

Fred Topel

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A strange suspense thriller that is uninvolving.

September 8, 2002 Comment

Bob Bloom

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I re-watched this recently, and I just had to lower my rating for it, it's worse than I remembered it. The story is predictable, cliched, and none of the characters are very interesting, especially the main guy played by Kline, who can't act. The rest of the cast is good, but they don't get a good script to work with. I did not like this movie.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

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Wretched writing and poorly directed. I can give you six good reasons why this film should have been a hell of a lot better: Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger and Alan Rickman.

January 14, 2009

Randy Tippy

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