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Actors: Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger, Alan Rickman
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about January Man
JANUARY MAN is a movie directed by the Irish director Pat O'Connor in 1989.

A serial killer is at large in NYC. The mayor, Rod Steiger, asks the chief of police Harvey Keitel to take his brother Kevin Kline back into the police force in order to help him solve the case. Two years before, Kline was forced to resign from the NYPD to protect his brother enmeshed in a police corruption affair. The relation between the two brothers is still tense as Sarandon, Kline's former girl-friend, has finally chosen to marry Keitel.

Kline starts his own investigation and meets Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, the mayor's daughter, who was a close friend of the killer's last victim. While Kline is falling in love with her, Susan Sarandon is trying to revive Kline's old flame for her. In the meantime, Kline has understood the killer's pattern and believes that the next murder will happen soon.

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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - love triangle/polygon
Crime & Scandal Yes
Story of - catching brutal killer/stalker

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - red
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed? - chest
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - New York
Misc setting - theater

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel... - very happy
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts - sex under blankets
Any profanity? - Some foul language
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