Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
3.5/4
"Grosse Pointe Blank" follows a professional assassin, Martin Blank (John Cusack), invited back to his hometown of Grosse Pointe from Los Angeles to his 1986 high school reunion, which puts him in some interesting circumstances with his old girlfriend, Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver) and puts him back together with old friends and faces.
"Grosse Pointe Blank" is a movie that beautifully mixes comedy with drama, and even a little bit of thriller with black comedy. There are a lot of vibrant characters in the film. It also has a great soundtrack and direction to go with its colorful characters, and it's done very well. I loved the whole feel of the film, too. It's amusing, and I'd say it's quite brilliant. It works on multiple different levels, as a genre piece for both different kinds of action, comedy and thriller, and a dashing dose of originality. I found it a marvelous entertainment; I love the whole film.
I would compare the film with a certain kind of "Pulp Fiction" and "True Lies" which are both great films of different genres and brilliance. But where this film most excels is director George Armitage, who gives the movie a wonderful, slick feel and a great directing job altogether, like he did with his previous film, "Miami Blues", seven years earlier. The screenplay is good, too, by Tom Jankiewicz, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, and John Cusack, and contains some witty lines, such as a conversation between Debi and Martin (Driver and Cusack), which reads excellently, quoted: "Debi: I should have worn a skirt. Marty: I should have brought my gun. Debi: What was that? Marty: Should be fun!" I laughed very hard at this moment. But there is everything for great entertainment, and I enjoyed this film very much. I highly recommend the film. It's an original, bracing movie.
3.5/4
"Grosse Pointe Blank" follows a professional assassin, Martin Blank (John Cusack), invited back to his hometown of Grosse Pointe from Los Angeles to his 1986 high school reunion, which puts him in some interesting circumstances with his old girlfriend, Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver) and puts him back together with old friends and faces.
"Grosse Pointe Blank" is a movie that beautifully mixes comedy with drama, and even a little bit of thriller with black comedy. There are a lot of vibrant characters in the film. It also has a great soundtrack and direction to go with its colorful characters, and it's done very well. I loved the whole feel of the film, too. It's amusing, and I'd say it's quite brilliant. It works on multiple different levels, as a genre piece for both different kinds of action, comedy and thriller, and a dashing dose of originality. I found it a marvelous entertainment; I love the whole film.
I would compare the film with a certain kind of "Pulp Fiction" and "True Lies" which are both great films of different genres and brilliance. But where this film most excels is director George Armitage, who gives the movie a wonderful, slick feel and a great directing job altogether, like he did with his previous film, "Miami Blues", seven years earlier. The screenplay is good, too, by Tom Jankiewicz, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, and John Cusack, and contains some witty lines, such as a conversation between Debi and Martin (Driver and Cusack), which reads excellently, quoted: "Debi: I should have worn a skirt. Marty: I should have brought my gun. Debi: What was that? Marty: Should be fun!" I laughed very hard at this moment. But there is everything for great entertainment, and I enjoyed this film very much. I highly recommend the film. It's an original, bracing movie.