Burt Young, Hugh Grant, James Caan

Mickey Blue Eyes was crafted as a vehicle for the stammering British charm of Hugh Grant (star of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Nine Months), so whether or not you like the movi...( read more  read more... )e will depend heavily on your affection for Grant. He plays an art auctioneer who falls in love with schoolteacher Jeanne Tripplehorn (Basic Instinct, Very Bad Things), who just happens to be the daughter of mobster James Caan (The Godfather, Misery). To protect Grant, Tripplehorn tries to fend off his proposal of marriage, but some miscommunications lead to Grant being embraced by the "family." After the mob decides to launder money through Grant's auction house, an accidental killing results in Grant pretending to be Mickey Blue Eyes out of Kansas City (the sight and sound of Grant trying to say "fuggedaboudit" was undoubtedly what sold the movie in the first place). The plot isn't as well executed as it could be, but the leads are all well cast and there are some excellent supporting performances, particularly Burt Young (Rocky) as a myopic mob boss and Scott Thompson (from the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall) as a sprightly FBI agent. --Bret Fetzer

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PG-13, 102 min.

Directed by: Kelly Makin

Release Date: August 20, 1999

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DVD Release Date: December 28, 1999

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  • September 29, 2009
    Quite sweet and quite funny, not really a great film but a guilty pleasure and when you?ve had to sit through all the chick flicks I?ve been forced to over the years, it?s not so bad!
  • August 19, 2009
    One of my favourite Comedies, which seems to include half the Sopranos cast. This is a real funny take on the Gangster genre, with some hilarious moments. The contrast of the ever so straight and wimpy Hugh Grant right in the middle of a big crime family has some funny implicat...( read more)ions.
  • October 5, 2008
    Waste of a good cast.
  • December 28, 2007
    ugh hugh grant
  • October 29, 2007
    love love LOVE james caan
  • November 8, 2009
    Quite an interesting lack of real emotion in everyone's acting. If that's all right for the Mafia boys, it gets a little weird when it comes to the other characters. They could have used puppets instead of actors, it would have been the same thing.
  • November 8, 2009
    Contains spoilers!

    This movie starts off by telling the story of people going into a bidding hall and bidding then it tells the story with Michael with his girlfriend.

    After Michael as been to the bidding hall he goes with is girlfriend to the chinease restaurent. The waitr...( read more)ess there makes the lady eat a fortune cookie but she keeps on saying that she isn't hungry but she eats it in the end.

    Then Michael loves his girlfriend so much he wants to get married with her but because of her father she thought it was best not to. They discussed it with michael and they discided to get married.

    When Michaels girlfriend was getting married she got shot and Michael was a bit upset but she managed to suvive at the end.

    One day a man comes into Michaels and the girlfriends house with a gun and he starts hitting Michael so Michaels girlfriends shot him with that mans gun. The girlfriend is frightened because of this because she as never murdered a person before and she doesn't know what was going to happen.

    Michael then hides the body but the next morning the police finds the body burried and its on the news and everything. Michael didn't know what to do.

    This movie had a really nice story and it started off with some nice music but maybe the story at the start wasn't too good. I don't think they should of showed people at a bidding hall right at the start.

    As I said this had very nice music at the start but I don't think the twist was very good at the begining.

    The acting was pretty strong it had a few weaker bits but overall it was alright maybe the acting could of been much stronger in parts.

    The story overall was also done well however,some parts did get a bit slow and some scenes dragged a bit. Some scenes didn't seem to be getting anywhere.
    Some scenes were memorable but there were some scenes that may be forgetable. Its not one of these movies that will stick in your head for a life time.
    Some parts were really good but it wasn't as good as some films like the rock,superbad,marley and me,men in black and so on. Its not that memorable. Like some films gives you good memorys but this movie will not give you alot of memorys. I found this movie just average.There are alot worsed films out there but there are alot better films out there too.

    Also maybe some scenes could of been made more funnier maybe made it more of a comedy. This movie does have funny bits but it wasn't like laugh out loud like some movies like clockwise,marley and me and so on. It didn't have really really funny bits it only had a few.

    Overall this movie was average it could of been better. If you see this try and see it without paying for it. Because it wasn't that good to go paying out to go and see this film.However,this film wasn't bad and if you are a Hugh Grant fan please try and see it soon because he was in alot of scenes.

    Well these are ways how this movie could be improved.

    1.Stronger acting
    2.Faster storyline
    3.More of a story added
    4.Funnier in some scenes
    5.Better twist at begining.
  • October 30, 2009
    Not one of Hugh Grant's better comedies. A weak plot and lacking in any real charm. Not particularly funny and I found the whole thing really began to drag toward the end.
  • October 26, 2009
    I think the great cast make this movie. I'm not a particular fan of Hugh Grant but in this movie I found myself laughing out loud. It has a great humourous storyline and James Caan is excellent as always.
  • September 27, 2009
    This movie was pretty funny. I loved the plot and the self-depricating humor Hugh Grant holds.

    Hugh Grant is a very instilling actor. He gives you his mood and he gives you his humor. You understanding his English humor. You understand his character.

    His and Jeanne Tripple...( read more)horn's chemistry was great. Tripplehorn was a great actress and held the perfect character details.

    James Caan was perfect for this role and he had the emotional range.

    I loved the writing and the comedy. Hugh Grant's trying to be a mafia man was more than funny, it was laugh out loud, lets rewind and see it again funny.

    RATED PG-13 FOR:
    Language
    Small amounts of violence

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Mickey Blue Eyes has most of the ingredients in place for another one of those married-to-the-mob comedies, but the central character has to hold it together, and Hugh Grant is wrong for the role. full review

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  • LPB66
    December 14, 2006
    Fawget abowt eet

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