Kansas City fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, crime, and class and money
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Layered plot that rewards full attention.
Standout score
Tense and violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Kansas City is tense and violent. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
History, crime, and class and money
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history, crime, and class and money. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Layered plot that rewards full attention.
The direction, performances, and characters stand out. The plot is layered and rewards full attention.
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Kansas City, 1934. Anything could happen here. One night it did.
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Kansas City is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 57/100 (IMDb 6.3, Rotten Tomatoes 57%, and Metacritic 58). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence and strong language.
1 h 56 min
Kansas City runs 1 h 56 min.
Yes. Critics average 58 and audiences 56 out of 100, so both groups see Kansas City much the same way.
It was made in English. Produced in United States, France.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Kansas City in 12 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 31 storytelling tropes for Kansas City, including Blackface, Cult Soundtrack, You Have Failed Me.
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