The Big Kahuna Critic Reviews
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A drama of extraordinary power and insight with dazzling performances from not only Spacey but also Danny DeVito (who may well be at his best ever) and from newcomer Peter Facinelli.Read the full review
Sharp-edged, perfectly timed, funny and thoughtful.Read the full review
The dialogue is loaded with depth charges that take a while to explode beneath the surface.Read the full review
It's no meal, but it'll tide you over.Read the full review
Never feels original, even though it's enjoyable to watch Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and newcomer Peter Facinelli going at it with snappy patter.Read the full review
That The Big Kahuna is hardly more than a sketch or curtain-raiser is not the fault of the play in itself -- it's short-film size, not feature-worthy.Read the full review
The movie isn't about anything except acting, and although the acting it shows is brilliant, it makes exactly the point that is the opposite of the point it thought it was making: Acting isn't enough.Read the full review
If the movie looked any cheaper, you might think you were paying more to get into the theater than was spent on making the film.Read the full review
