Review of The Mean Season (1985) by Jude P — 24 Mar 2015

A watchable mystery with a wonderful creepy performance by Jordan.

This review of The Mean Season (1985) was written by Jude P on 24 Mar 2015.

The Mean Season has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Angel M (666) on 29 Aug 2010

AND THE KILLER CALLS ... AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN....... And He izz The GReasy Monster looking Kind of Killer…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 21 Aug 2004

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By Sarah F (1,278) on 21 Oct 2006

Serial Killers before serial killers was cool. Russell is very good, Hemingway is too, but their chemistry could be better. The villian is excellent…

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By Lauren K (165) on 27 Jan 2008

This movie was really intense. I think that mostly has to do with the fact that Kurt Russell is so great at portraying realistic emotions…

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By Peter H (1,359) on 21 Oct 2011

J'adore Kurt Russell, tout simplement! Malheuresement, ce film est quelque peu déçevant, mais c'est quand même pas si pire…

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By Ryan H (2,006) on 11 Apr 2012

Ok thriller that runs out of gas towards the end and becomes a bit silly in the process…

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By Stephen S (1,614) on 21 Apr 2013

Pedestrian, and lacked chemistry between Russell and Hemingway. I always like Russell, but this is not very exciting…

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By Josh B (1,074) on 28 Apr 2014

I always like Kurt Russell. He sure did some hard running in this for one scene…

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