Fresh
This is the sound of a filmmaker wrestling (transparently) with ideas, talking at but not quite down to his audience.
Eric Hynes, Village Voice
Overview
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is the unlikely friendship of two men from different races and classes brought together when one finds himself in jeopardy in the other's rough neighborhood.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[An] earnest, often moving but not totally successful film.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
If this disaster-packed parable often smacks of melodramatic contrivance, it does at least benefit from solid performances and direction, and a leavening line in sardonic humour.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
For long stretches of this offbeat and innovative film, the viewer truly has no idea what will happen next and many reasons to care.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Even when he wasn't trying, Kasdan's camera found tragedy, as with the opening footage of Magic Johnson, filmed before anybody knew he had the AIDS virus. The filmmaker and his team have truly caught society on the verge.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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