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Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:7
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: High-brow humorists doing low-brow humor never hit their stride.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Fish-out-of-water comedy tailor-made to the relaxed British mannerisms of star Hugh Grant. He stars as Michael Felgate, a dapper art auctioneer, whose romance with a school teacher entangles him in... Fish-out-of-water comedy tailor-made to the relaxed British mannerisms of star Hugh Grant. He stars as Michael Felgate, a dapper art auctioneer, whose romance with a school teacher entangles him in the workings of her mob family. While her father (James Caan) accepts Michael wholeheartedly, a misunderstanding results in Michael having to pose as a mafioso himself- resulting in culture-clash laughs... [More]
Starring: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young
Starring: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman
Director: Kelly Makin
Director: Kelly Makin
Screenwriter: Adam Scheinman, Robert Kuhn
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Reviews for Mickey Blue Eyes
The second half is a mess, full of characters going off in directions we're not prepared for and rogue plot devices that seem either to have been planned for and then forgotten, or added as an afterthought.
Grant should consider hypnotic therapy to help him forget Mickey Blue Eyes!
It's tough to make a case denying that Mickey Blue Eyes is of passable entertainment value, but it's equally difficult to argue that it offers anything fresh or inspired.
We've seen this fish - out - of - water plot before, but clever writing and careful casting give it a fresh bite and looniness.
Mickey is a limply derivative, disappointingly trivial and hokey fish-out-of-water crime comedy!
Eventually, the movie reaches a point where sheer plot contrivance is the only way out, and a lot of steam is lost when the FBI gets involved and the actual wedding ceremony approaches.
In Mickey Blue Eyes, Grant is repeatedly mortified, humiliated, and otherwise pained, which means there is much for us to smile at.
Grant is always a pleasure to watch, and Caan looks like he's having the time of his life!
Mickey Blue Eyes has most of the ingredients in place for another one of those married-to-the-mob comedies, but the central character has to hold it together, and Hugh Grant is wrong for the role.
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