The January Man (1989)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Pat O'Connor

Writer (WGA):

John Patrick Shanley (written by)

Release Date:

13 January 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

What a way to start the year.

Plot:

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Serial Killer | Driving Cap | Long White Gloves | Knocked Down

Cast

Kevin Kline	...	Nick Starkey
Susan Sarandon	...	Christine Starkey
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	...	Bernadette Flynn
Harvey Keitel	...	Police Commissioner Frank Starkey
Danny Aiello	...	Captain Vincent Alcoa
Rod Steiger	...	Mayor Eamon Flynn
Alan Rickman	...	Ed
Faye Grant	...	Alison Hawkins
Kenneth Welsh	...	Roger Culver (as Ken Welsh)
Jayne Haynes	...	Alma
Brian Tarantina	...	Cone
Bruce MacVittie	...	Rip
Bill Cobbs	...	Detective Reilly
Greg Walker	...	January Man
Tandy Cronyn	...	Lana Apico

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio met her future husband, the film's director Pat OConnor while working on this project.

Goofs:

Continuity: When we first see the January victim enter her apartment, she is walking down a hallway with a bare floor. In the next scene where we see her, there is a rug on the hallway floor.

Quotes:

Christine Starkey: You love me.
Nick Starkey: No, I loved an Idea I had that looked like you.

Movie Connections:

References Flowers in the Attic (1987)

Soundtrack:

I KNOW THE FEELING

Happy 60th, Susan!

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.