
Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted to kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an "Assassi... (Full plot summary below)
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Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted to kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an "Assassin's Union.
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| VarietyLeonard KladyCusack is charming and assured in the film. |
| Film4Daniel EtheringtonOne of the true delights of 1990s American cinema. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsFrank Ochieng...a quirky high-caliber dark comedy that is bound to send your cynicism and funnybone to the same repair shop. Grosse Pointe Blank is so effortless in its relentless send-up of everyday drivel |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis movie has the jaunty good cheer of another great movie about hit men, "Prizzi's Honor." And that is high praise indeed. |
| L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmWith a brisk pace and satiric blend of nostalgia and violence, it's the sharpest, funniest comedy so far this year. |
| TimeRichard SchickelIn its soft-spoken way, it is fierce, shaggy and deeply weirded out. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsSmart in a rare way that matters greatly to good contemporary comedy: Like last year's "Flirting With Disaster," its script and direction underplay absurd situations, letting its characters amuse without showing the strains of forced wackiness. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversA bright burst of action and comedy with a cast that makes for rousing good company. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA wild at heart, anarchic comedy that believes in living dangerously. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerDelightfully demented hitman comedy hits the mark. |