Kansas
Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | Release Date: September 23, 1988 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This movie has a screenplay written and filmed by people who must think nobody in the audience has ever seen a movie before. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy are engaging, but David Stevens’ overly conventional direction lacks the style to bring freshness and punch to Spencer Eastman’s complicated and drawn-out script. Read full review
40
Washington PostHal Hinson
In Kansas, Andrew McCarthy and Matt Dillon have a way of taking pages of dialogue and making it sound like ... pages of dialogue. Read full review
40
The New York TimesCaryn James
For a film so exhaustively loaded with silliness, Kansas is remarkably dull. [23 Sep 1988, p.C17]
38
Miami HeraldJuan Carlos Coto
McCarthy wanders around this movie like he's lost. You'll suffer the same fate in Kansas. [23 Sep 1988, p.E5]
30
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
An uneven blend of crime thriller and rural romance, this aims for an adult complexity but misses the target by a mile. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Because the screenplay is more concerned with its formula plot than with character development, neither McCarthy nor Dillon offer any real insights into this theme. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneJohanna Steinmetz
In a film which can't seem to decide whether it's comedy or drama, folksy or sinister, every scene is played for ambivalence. The result is a definite maybe. [23 Sep 1988, p.L]
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