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By Coxxie M (339) on 14 Mar 2009

I'm not a Robert Altman fan…

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By Rod M (77) on 11 Feb 2009

It is hard to pin down what went wrong with this film, whether it be the pacing or the screenplay…

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By Thomas M (1,117) on 30 Jan 2009

So many good things about that movie: the structure, the subject, the energy, the ideas, and above all jennifer jason leigh & miranda richardson,…

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By Marc S (212) on 04 Dec 2008

Sometimes dark and funny, sometimes a little slow…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 25 Nov 2008

So much is satisfying in KC that its shortcomings are all the more discordant…

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By Gregory W (1,059) on 23 Aug 2008

Perhaps not one of Altman's best, but there are some good central performances (Belafonte), the plot is interestingly structured, and the music…

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By Bingqin L (6) on 27 Dec 2007

It's about as bad of a movie as the 20's 30's were a boring time in kc history…

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By Private U (13,627) on 04 Dec 2007

Very hit or miss, but I have a special place in my heart for it since it was the first feature I ever worked on…

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By Tyler M (722) on 04 Dec 2007

How do you want him, in a box or a sack? ... Who cares, so long as Robert Altman never makes a film like this again…

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By Lee M (4,001) on 11 Sep 2007

Another spunky film in a series of Robert Altman portraits of the failure of the American Dream…

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By J Chrissy R (55) on 29 Jun 2007

Belafonte is the only reason to this. Definitely a lesser Altman…

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By Scott W (2,167) on 16 Jun 2007

Jennifer Jason Leigh was one of the top movie actresses from the 1990s…

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By Robert O (210) on 15 Jun 2007

Amazing live jazz sequenes, who would've ever thought somehing interesting could happen in Kansas City…

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By Alison P (162) on 24 Apr 2007

Jazz, Drama, and more jazz. If you can apprecaite the era this movie was based in, then you will enjoy this movie…

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By Heather P (247) on 20 Feb 2007

If you like crime this molvie is great I seen it 3 times make that kansas city mo is where it takes place…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 24 Jan 2007

Many will find Kansas City unbearable, because Leigh (with a mouth full of jagged teeth and a permanent snarl) and Richardson (who totters…

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By Mark Miller (1) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 16 Jan 2007

If the movie, which uses blues-based Kansas City jazz as a raucous, nonverbal Greek chorus, lacks the emotional range of Mr…

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By Ernie P (66) on 22 Nov 2006

Bit of a misfire for the late and legendary director...however, if you are a jazz fan, I recommend this movie as the music here is very good…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 25 May 2006

Robert Altman brings us an effective, if minor, crime film filled with the jazz sounds of Count Basie and Lester Young…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 04 Feb 2006

Altman looks back at his hometown in an unsentimental, hard-nosed way…

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