The Big Kahuna
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: April 28, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
11
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Forgive me for being underwhelmed.
50
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
DeVito's low-key midlife crisis is consistently moving, but Spacey, saddled with the role of provocateur, is demonically boring. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverAndy Klein
It doesn't have enough power in the first place to make a strong claim on our attentions. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
That The Big Kahuna is hardly more than a sketch or curtain-raiser is not the fault of the play in itself -- it's short-film size, not feature-worthy. Read full review
40
Film.comPeter Brunette
Breaks no new ground and is tedious in the extreme. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
Peter Facinelli, as Bob, isn't up to verbal sparring with Kevin Spacey just yet.
40
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
If the movie looked any cheaper, you might think you were paying more to get into the theater than was spent on making the film. Read full review
60
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
The Big Kahuna -- for its superb performances -- wants to be too much, but is about too little, working better as a series of fine monologues than as a cohesive story, the film's makers trapped somewhere between potential and reality, deal unclosed.
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
It's a chamber piece that probably should have stayed where it started, in regional theater. Read full review
60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Never feels original, even though it's enjoyable to watch Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and newcomer Peter Facinelli going at it with snappy patter. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephen Hunter
The movie isn't about anything except acting, and although the acting it shows is brilliant, it makes exactly the point that is the opposite of the point it thought it was making: Acting isn't enough. Read full review
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