Kiss of Death

  • 1995


MOVIE IS effective despicable engrossing american interesting
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42 %
68 % Fresh
$ 14 Million
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Positive Reviews 13
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 3.5/5
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4.5
A crackling thriller that feels unusually attuned to its lowlife characters. Variety
1.5
But if Jimmy doesnt help, Ronnie tells him, there will be trouble with Little Junior.
4.5
KISS OF DEATH (R) Contains inventive violence, nudity and rough language.
3.0
By and large, thats the nature of pulp films theyre not meant to keep you up nights wrestling with metaphysics and morality (although good pulp author ..
5.0
Now that Woody Allen has abdicated the throne, Price is the soul of New York screenwriter. E Film Critic
4.5
Hes up against a despicable villain, a punk named Little Junior Brown, played by Nicolas Cage in a bold journey miles from anything else hes done rece .. San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
The new movie isnt as intense, as absorbing, complex or interesting as its predecessor. San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
The picture is watchable, but nothing about it will linger, except perhaps the feeling that, with a more polished script, it might have been significa .. ReelViews
3.1
Theres little doubt that Kiss of Death fares best in its opening stretch... Reel Film Reviews
2.5
The real problem with this film is a so so screenplay: the dialogue is lame, and many scenes lack any real suspense. Lariat
3.1
Still, hes pleasant enough in this crime thriller as small time hood Jimmy Kilmartin, who has the hardest time going straight. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
Caruso is unable to give Jimmy any humanity, delivering every line in the same hushed, primed to explode manner. Internet Reviews
4.5
Whats most effective about the new Kiss of Death is Tuccis marvelously slimy prosecutor. Time
1.5
Cage, one of the few American actors who gets more interesting from film to film, comes close to kidnaping the picture as Little Junior, a pumped up b .. Calendar Live
4.4
Classy film noir, as you would expect from a team including director Barbet Schroeder, writer Richard Price, and Nicolas Cage... Movies Tv Guide
3.1
It aint anything ground breaking, but it gets the job done, and well. Montreal Film Journal
4.5
Gutsy dialogue, atmospheric direction, lots of night scenes and an uninhibited take on the source material. Film4
4.5
Price has a good sense of story structure, and this remake of the 1947 thriller is taut and engrossing.



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