Kansas City Confidential fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, history, and mystery
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Kansas City Confidential is tense, fast-paced, and thrilling.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Crime, history, and mystery
Its world is built around crime, history, and mystery.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Kansas City Confidential is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and Brew in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and Fandango at Home Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 76/100 (IMDb 7.3 and Rotten Tomatoes 79%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence.
1 h 40 min
Kansas City Confidential runs 1 h 40 min.
Yes. Critics average 79 and audiences 74 out of 100, so both groups see Kansas City Confidential much the same way.
It was made in English, with some Spanish. Produced in United States.
+125GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Kansas City Confidential in 139 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 13 storytelling tropes for Kansas City Confidential, including Reformed Criminal, Malevolent Masked Men, Run for the Border.
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