Grosse Pointe Blank

The movie moves , has you watching closely, and the jokes -- well, they fling about ten per second at you, so a few of them are bound to fall flat, but the ratio's actually not bad. If you just went to yourself, "Wow, it sounds like a complete mess," well, you wouldn't be alone: the flick has been trashed by critics, which kind of surprises me. ... Full Review

Director Joshua Seftel stages action well - Cusack's killer moves are credible and the explosions are properly horrifying - and helms a lot of very funny moments, though occasionally both script and director hit jokes too hard. The movie also loses a few points for a homophobic bit - it's hard to say whether it's meant to be gratuitous or a plot factor, but either way, it's objectionable. ... Full Review

John Cusack's well-intentioned war satire falls flat A thuddingly heavy-handed comedy about corporations profiting both from wars and from their aftermath, the film contains not one honest-to-goodness laugh. ... Full Review

A bigger problem for Grosse Pointe Blank is....in its modest way, it's one of 1997's best films, and certainly the funniest and freshest.....Most other comedies would have gone for a cheap laugh in which Martin drops the guy with one well-aimed foot..... ... Full Review

One fellow helps Blank dispose of one of his victim's bodies without showing much surprise. Blank is also in town to fulfill a contract to kill a man, but he is also a target because of his refusal to join an assassin's union headed by Grocer, (Dan Aykroyd). ... Full Review

Grosse Pointe Blank reflects the audacity he favors and the ideas he trusts.....At 31, this unfairly neglected actor has given at least four performances to put him in the front ranks of his profession.....The decision here to save dad pits Martin against his archrival, Grocer, played with twinkling menace by Dan Aykroyd, in a gunfight at dad's mansion..... ... Full Review

GROSSE POINTE BLANK is a self-absorbed comedy that comes up short. but the characters are terrible and boredom quickly sets in ... Full Review

This was a sincerely good film in almost every respect....Fuckin' Cunt Eyes I loved the movie,it was really good.One of the best black comedy I've ever seen.....What a great God damned movie.....A great movie all around.....very slick film..... ... Full Review

John Cusack in ``Grosse Pointe Blank'' isn't immoral but amoral. There are laughs here, if only Cusack and Co. had not turned the picture into a vanity piece. ... Full Review

It's not long, though, before "Grosse Pointe Blank" starts turning patchy and dull. Like a snake, he's slipped out of his lustrous bad old skin and left it behind, and by that point, "Grosse Pointe Blank" has deflated itself, and us too. ... Full Review