Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, is a school teacher and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.
"The Long Kiss Goodnight" has a jokey good time with its outlandish pyrotechnics and offbeat character interplay.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
27 Mar 2009
rotten:
There's an excessive amount of excess -- a mind-numbing plurality of firearm battles, vehicular explosions and brutally frank sexual talk.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
16 Feb 2011
fresh:
Like the heroine, the movie has two personalities that smartly coexist.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
16 Feb 2011
fresh:
The Long Kiss Goodnight is the fall's best summer movie.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
16 Feb 2011
rotten:
Frankly, if I had to see either Harlin-Davis movie again, I'd opt for the klutzy unpleasantness of Cutthroat Island over the efficient if equally stupid unpleasantness of this 1996 release.