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.
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11/06/09
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:10
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A nihilistically philosophical hit man reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit, coinciding with his 10-year high school reunion in the ritzy suburb of Grosse Point, Michigan. While in town, he... [More]
Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack
Director: George Armitage
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Reviews for Grosse Pointe Blank
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Top CriticCusack is charming and assured in the film.
03/26/09
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10/18/08
Top CriticA soggy, all-over-the- place mess.
06/18/02
Top CriticAn 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.
04/12/02
Top CriticA bright burst of action and comedy with a cast that makes for rousing good company.
05/11/01
Top CriticClever enough to make jokes about Greco-Roman wrestling and make them funny, Grosse Pointe Blank's greatest success is the way it maintains its comic attitude.
02/14/01
Top CriticCusack's talents are delicate and appealing, but not propulsive enough to lead the movie to triumph.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe film offers sufficient small pleasures to make it worth enduring the less effective elements. As a result, while Grosse Pointe Blank fails to deliver a fullisade, at least the chamber's not empty, either.
01/01/00
Top CriticDirected jauntily by George Armitage, it has the jokey, winsome tone of his earlier Miami Blues and enough wild-card energy to keep it bright and surprising.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhat makes us laugh at this dark comedy is the insolence its creators hold for the very bones of their narrative.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe film takes the form but not the feel of a comic thriller. It's quirkier than that.
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Top CriticIt's a sad day when an actor who's totally, beautifully in touch with his dark side finds himself stuck in a movie that's scared of its own shadow.
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