Grosse Pointe Blank
Even a hit man deserves a second shot.
Even a hit man deserves a second shot.
Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
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1997
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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.
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Runtime:
107 min
Release date:
11 Apr 1997
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$15,000,000
Revenue:
$31,100,000
Awards:
2 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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,
6 Nov 2009
fresh:
Cusack is charming and assured in the film.
– Leonard Klady,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
For what is essentially a one-joke movie, this has an awful lot going for it.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
A soggy, all-over-the- place mess.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
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,
12 Apr 2002