Mickey Blue Eyes
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Movie Reviews of Mickey Blue Eyes
Movie Review: Can I get a refund?
Summary: 1 Stars
Beware, I will be giving away a few plot points.Somebody somewhere thought that Hugh Grant could be his impish self and make this fish-out-of-water work. It would have been better if the whole thing slept with the fishes.
This could be the worst script of 1999. Grant, an auctioneer at an art house, is about to become engaged to Jeanne Tipplehorne who's father James Cahn just happens to be a small-time figure in a mob-family. Cahn's associates get involved and somehow get Grant to launder mob money by auctioning off the truly awful paintings of the mob-boss' son to mob-boss associates who in turn never actually pay for them. Given the lengths the film goes to display Grant's goody-two-shoes nature, it's preposterous to begin with.
Well, things go a bit astray, thanks to the truly bizare plot point of Grant willing to commit another feloney (tipping off an auction participant when a painting has passed its actual value) and through an incredibly convoluted series of events, mob-boss' son dies. Nobody but Grant and Tipplehorne knows who the real killer is. And the hilarity/hijinks just rolls from here.
Tipplehorne is pretty much a throwaway character here and we're expected to beleive that she'll just disappear after mob-boss son's death. Caan sort of plays this as a cross between Sonny and Freddo Corleone. He has some of Sonny's power and violence and is as naive, if not necessarily as stupid as Freddo. Grant gives his usual (which is also becoming tiresome) nice guy in extrodinary circumstances performance.
If all this is confusing so far, the ending may have you looking at the screen with the expression of a dog hearing a high pitched sound. Are we to assume that all of Mob-bosses associates are going to ignore what they've just seen?
Movie Review: not good, not good at all
Summary: 1 Stars
Mmmmm, yes Hugh plays a bumbling English cliche. And guess what? He falls in love with an American! Wow. Now for the twist - she is the daughter of a gangster - so there's the cue for more cliched stereotypes - ooooo the hilarity of it all. You can imagine the fun that ensues, yes that is right IMAGINE, keep it in you imagination by all means, but do not under any circumstances view first hand - I feel that I have done penence for the world by watching this. PS - Any Americans reading? Please stop asking us poor Brits to say 'forget about it'Movie Review: Waste of Popcorn
Summary: 1 Stars
I saw this movie at the cinema. Having enjoyed other Hugh Grant flicks, I didn't expect this movie to be the total stinker it turned out to be. I thought Grant and Jeanne Triplehorn were a mis-matched couple. The acting was so-so, the plot very thin, and the humour strained. Overall, this movie wasn't worth the price we paid to see it, and I have no desire to ever watch it again.Movie Review: Bad
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie is just plain bad. It never should have been released for public consumption. I honestly cannot think of one good thing to say about this movie. It makes no sense that it would have 3 1/2 stars with 39 reviews. Something fishy is going on here. Enough time wasted on this one.Movie Review: Movie Mickey Blue Eyes DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
Bought this movie because I like it, but it won't play in my DVD player. I was warned when I purchased it that it was region specific, however I thought it would play on Australian equipment. Very disappointed.