The Long Kiss Goodnight: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

34

Harlin and Davis don't seem to realize that the results aren't refreshingly revisionist - they're eye-avertingly embarrassing.
Full Review » 16 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

60

Mr. Black's screenplay is mean-spirited, but it earns its keep with sharp, sarcastic dialogue and ingenious ways of setting up this story.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

38

Is somebody kidding here? Given the movie's dialogue, the answer is probably yes, but jocular one-liners really grate on the ear amid wall-to-wall nastiness.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

There's an excessive amount of excess -- a mind-numbing plurality of firearm battles, vehicular explosions and brutally frank sexual talk.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

[A] quip-filled but mean-spirited slugfest.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

63

I liked it in the same way I might like an arcade game: It holds your attention until you run out of quarters, and then you wander away without giving it another thought.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

25

Full Review » 12 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

"The Long Kiss Goodnight" has a jokey good time with its outlandish pyrotechnics and offbeat character interplay.
Full Review » 3 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

When the smoke finally clears for the final credits, we may have had a tolerably good time, but there's no lingering satisfaction.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Richard Corliss TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

Like the heroine, the movie has two personalities that smartly coexist.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

Here's the supersexy and action-charged Hollywood take on France's La Femme Nikita that Bridget Fonda couldn't pull off in her Girl Scoutish Point of No Return.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Newsweek

The Long Kiss Goodnight is the fall's best summer movie.
Full Review » 1 year ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

63

The kind of movie in which a dozen bad guys with an automatic weapon in each hand couldn't hit a lake if they were standing at the bottom of it, to steal the screenplay's best wiseacre remark.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Film4

60

Hectic stuff with a spectacular finale.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Geoff Andrew Time Out

The only saving graces are Davis's stripped-down, mean-as-a-wildcat portrayal of the Uzi-toting Charly, and Jackson's engagingly ineffectual turn.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

75

I like The Long Kiss Goodnight. I thought it was a lot of fun, and the dialogue was funny and didn't make me wince in pain.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

This is pretty standard action hero stuff, with the exception of having Gena Davis take on the traditional male role. And she's not bad!
Full Review » 7 years ago
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures

80

He's a hack, but I love Renny Harlin!
Full Review » 8 years ago
Leigh Johnson Hollywood.com

40

Full Review » 9 years ago
Karina Montgomery Cinerina

60

underrated action in drag
Full Review » 9 years ago
Fred Topel About.com

60

Solid action movie. Davis kicks ass, Jackson is in his usual form. Could have used more family implications, but does okay.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly

75

Full Review » 9 years ago
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews

40

Full Review » 9 years ago