Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
[The film] has plenty of absorbing characters, smart, snappy dialog and delightful stretches of comic foolery.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Scenes like the one in which Jimmy's father eats fried chicken dipped in peanut butter should appeal to kids of all ages.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Jennifer Connelly is very easy to look at. Career Opportunities isn't.
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Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Career Opportunities plays like a hodgepodge of Hughes' greatest hits.
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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
If we didn't know from other, better Hughes movies what the themes and emotional registers were supposed to be, it's hard to say that this would be able to supply them itself.
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Cast
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Frank Whaleyas Jim Dodge -
Jennifer Connellyas Josie McClellan -
Dermot Mulroneyas Nestor Pyle
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John M. Jacksonas Bud Dodge -
Kieran Mulroneyas Gil Kinney -
Barry Corbinas Officer Don
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