Since today is (well yesterday was) Susan Sarandon's 60th birthday, I saw fit to review one of her lesser known movies (actually, it's Kevin Kline's movie). "January Man" is not a movie that I really know how to describe. Kevin Kline plays Nick Starkey, an ex-cop who gets drug back into the force to help find a serial killer. It's certainly a common plot. This one toes the line between thriller and love story; I guess that neither is supposed to dominate.
I would say that the movie's main strength lies in the various kinds of characters portrayed. Aside from Kline's ex-cop and Sarandon as his wife, there's the new love interest (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Nick's brother (Harvey Keitel), the tough captain (Danny Aiello), and the old-order mayor (Rod Steiger); Alan Rickman also stars.
So, did I think that this was a good movie? I don't know what it really was. An interesting group of people with an anticlimactic ending, more than anything. I suppose that the movie's worth seeing, if only once.
I would say that the movie's main strength lies in the various kinds of characters portrayed. Aside from Kline's ex-cop and Sarandon as his wife, there's the new love interest (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Nick's brother (Harvey Keitel), the tough captain (Danny Aiello), and the old-order mayor (Rod Steiger); Alan Rickman also stars.
So, did I think that this was a good movie? I don't know what it really was. An interesting group of people with an anticlimactic ending, more than anything. I suppose that the movie's worth seeing, if only once.