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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
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
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
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
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