The Big Kahuna 1999

Critics score:
74 / 100

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Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: The destination is well worth the sometimes baffling and tedious journey. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: There's a vital play struggling to emerge from this mess, but it hasn't been written yet. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: A well-acted if very stagy adaptation of Roger Rueff's play Hospitality Suite, The Big Kahuna offers lessons that might apply quite nicely to Arthur Miller's pathetic pavement pounder. Read more

Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Spacey and DeVito are at the top of their game. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: If you're prepared to accept an inherent staginess that gradually fades as the film progresses, you can become caught up in a drama of extraordinary power and insight. Read more

Houston Chronicle: Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: You probably don't need to run out to a theater to see The Big Kahuna. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Kahuna has great acting and sizzling dialogue. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The Big Kahuna is hardly more than a sketch or curtain-raiser. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: The performances are first-rate, particularly that of DeVito as The Big Kahuna's version of Willy Loman. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Sharp-edged, perfectly timed, funny and thoughtful. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: What a charge it is to see the way these three actors get loose and play off each other. Read more

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Emanuel Levy, Variety: Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: It makes exactly the point that is the opposite of the point it thought it was making: Acting isn't enough. Read more