The January Man (1989)

Bad acting + ridiculous fight scene = 1-star movie

The fighting scene in this movie looks like a kids' play. The acting is laughable. The plot is full of logicall holes. This is the worst thing because it's supposed to be a detective movie. For example, the detective was able to predict what room of a building the murderer was going to kill a person by looking at the pictures of all the buildings where previous killings took place! May 16, 2007

Intended First of a Series? I watched in complete disbelief.

In watching the movie, I began to wonder if it was supposed to be the first of a series. I kept thinking that it was trying to be an updated version of "The Thin Man" series and so this movie was trying to establish the characters. With that reasoning, it makes sense the there a number of sub-plots that remain undeveloped and that the characters have strange relationships that go unexplained.

However what I mostly wondered about was what they were thinking when they made this movie. This movie has done something that is truly unique. It has found ways to be bad that I have never seen in any other movie. The script is preposterous. The characters are artificial and their relationships make no sense. it is a comedy that is not funny. It is a mystery that is no suspenseful. It is thriller that is not exciting. Like others, I watched this movie in complete disbelief.
April 30, 2007

casting and the storey make this movie

inventive and clever, this storey comes to life with a truely all star cast. some strong language by one cast member is the only thing that i was disappointed in and, of course, it was written that way; not his fault... but the same effect could have been accomplished with a toned down version. but 60 seconds of ranting are far out weighed by the rest of the movie. February 18, 2007

Alan Rickman is a scene stealer!!

I watched this film for the first time because of Alan Rickman, and I can happily say that I wasn't disappointed. This film is meant to be a comedy-not to be taken as seriously as some people who have reviewed this film have done. (In response to one reviewer-no, I am NOT a friend of nor am I a family member of the filmmaker). The only thing that I was disappointed about was that there were so few scenes with Ed. Being Nick's sidekick and someone who helps him solve the case (along with Bernadette), I would have thought we would have seen him more - I just can't get enough of his milky baritone voice :)
March 29, 2006

First Moonstruck-Now Moonstink

Despite the talented cast this is perhaps the most ridiculous film ever.A goofy hippy copy laughs along the way trying to catch an eleven murder serial killer.This writer did Moonstruck, but this is Moonstink.Seeing Rod Steiger with this material is a tragedy.The case is a joke, the characters are impossibly lame, and the dialogue would gag a collie.This film is worth seeing only to gain appreciatiation for the value of screenwriters.No amount of acting talent can lift this turkey out of the Bankok privey.I just watched this film and at the conclusion I just sat there with my mouth open not believeing how bad the film was.Saradon, Keitel,KLine, Steiger, and Rickman....will try and forget this dog their entire lives. I cannot imagaine how any studio or distributing company let this turkey reach the public.Have I gotten the point accross that the film is weak....I hope so.If I could give it zero stars or even better, minus eleven stars, I would. January 14, 2006

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