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Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
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Reviews Counted:71
Fresh:32
Rotten:39
Average Rating:5.4/10
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
Barely distinguishable from other recent mob flicks like Analyze This.
At times, the laughs are reminiscient of the kind inspired by the bumbling Peter Sellers.
Mickey Blue Eyes begins with hints of originality, only to end up on the trite and true low road.
Fall-down funny - on par with Notting Hill, South Park, and Austin Powers 2 as one of the best comedies of the summer.
Count Mickey Blue Eyes as Viterelli's second solid mob comedy of the year!
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!
The writing is congruously witty and smart, and the successful humor really is worth the price of admission.
Caan, Grant and Tripplehorn give good, solid performances as the leads.
The movie's main asset is Grant, whose shtick as the befuddled Englishman never changes much, but somehow never seems to grow old.
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