Stormy Monday 1988

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Figgis, who is a musician as well as a film maker, brings the place, the plot and the film's haunting characters vibrantly to life. What's more, he makes them irresistibly interesting. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: "Stormy Monday" is about the way light falls on wet pavement stones, and about how a neon sign glows in a darkened doorway. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Mix American gangsters, molls and majorettes with Polish avant-garde jazz musicians against a Newcastle background - and what you've got is a curious homage to B movie Hollywood and the rain-washed neon of the pulps. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: All visual flash and no script, with comatose performances to boot. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Jones works his machismo persona into a lather, but it's unclear what he's doing in this movie, so he's more a source of campy fun than menace. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: It is all style and promise, a come-on that keeps on coming on but never satisfies. The Big Tease. Read more