Rotten
Despite some early indications from the two Cusacks and Arkin that it's going to be funny, it winds up an unholy mess that becomes steadily more incoherent -- morally, dramatically, and conceptually.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Grosse Pointe Blank
Even a hit man deserves a second shot.
1997 · 1h 47m · R
Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
George Armitage
Overview
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.
Director and cast
- George Armitage Director
- John Cusack as Martin Q. Blank
- Minnie Driver as Debi Newberry
- Dan Aykroyd as Grocer
- Joan Cusack as Marcella
- Alan Arkin as Dr. Oatman
- Hank Azaria as Steven Lardner
- K. Todd Freeman as Kenneth McCullers
- Jeremy Piven as Paul Spericki
- Mitchell Ryan as Mr. Bart Newberry
- Michael Cudlitz Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Cusack is charming and assured in the film.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Fresh
For what is essentially a one-joke movie, this has an awful lot going for it.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
A soggy, all-over-the- place mess.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
An entertaining oddity, an amiably black comedy whose bared teeth double as an engaging smile: It takes a satiric bite and leaves you laughing through the pain. For that, we can thank the writers.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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