
An art-house auctioneer finds himself getting in deeper and deeper with the mob after learning that his teacher girlfriend is the daughter of a major mobster. Things get worse when a godfather decides to launder his no-talent son's gory paintings through the art house and gets the FBI into the picture. Everything then falls apart when the son is accidentally shot.... (Full plot summary below)
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An art-house auctioneer finds himself getting in deeper and deeper with the mob after learning that his teacher girlfriend is the daughter of a major mobster. Things get worse when a godfather decides to launder his no-talent son's gory paintings through the art house and gets the FBI into the picture. Everything then falls apart when the son is accidentally shot.
Leave your thoughts about Mickey Blue Eyes.
| VarietyLael LowensteinAn engaging, often very funny fish-out-of-water story that provides Hugh Grant with his best part to date. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrIt brings an enlivening wit to a comedy of culture collision. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesMickey Blue Eyes delivers more than enough crowd pleasing humor! |
| New York PostRod DreherAn enjoyable minor-league lark. But another "Notting Hill?" Fuhgeddaboutit. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanGrant handles the slapstick humor gracefully and speaks his lines with sincerity and warmth. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenWith a script loaded with sharp lines delivered with punch and direction that paces the material superbly, Mickey Blue Eyes proves that even Hollywood's love for scripts about the mob need not be circular - filed as antiquated. |
| Village VoiceJessica WinterThe last half hour bogs down badly, with a cynical fake-out ending and a final scene that borders on non-sensical. |
| TimeRichard SchickelDirector Kelly Makin has a gift for casually tossed-off farce. |
| NewsweekAnjali AroraThough the movie suffers from an underdeveloped plot, it does benefit from solid acting. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenA lightweight comedy that has more than enough laughs to justify its silly, scatterbrained premise. |