Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
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,
12 Apr 2002
rotten:
A soggy, all-over-the- place mess.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
For what is essentially a one-joke movie, this has an awful lot going for it.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Cusack is charming and assured in the film.
– Leonard Klady,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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.