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Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis movie has a screenplay written and filmed by people who must think nobody in the audience has ever seen a movie before.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMatt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy are engaging, but David Stevens’ overly conventional direction lacks the style to bring freshness and punch to Spencer Eastman’s complicated and drawn-out script.
- 40Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonIn Kansas, Andrew McCarthy and Matt Dillon have a way of taking pages of dialogue and making it sound like ... pages of dialogue.
- 40The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesFor a film so exhaustively loaded with silliness, Kansas is remarkably dull. [23 Sep 1988, p.C17]
- 38Miami HeraldJuan Carlos CotoMiami HeraldJuan Carlos CotoMcCarthy wanders around this movie like he's lost. You'll suffer the same fate in Kansas. [23 Sep 1988, p.E5]
- 30Time OutTime OutAn uneven blend of crime thriller and rural romance, this aims for an adult complexity but misses the target by a mile.
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineBecause the screenplay is more concerned with its formula plot than with character development, neither McCarthy nor Dillon offer any real insights into this theme.
- 25Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzChicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzIn a film which can't seem to decide whether it's comedy or drama, folksy or sinister, every scene is played for ambivalence. The result is a definite maybe. [23 Sep 1988, p.L]