A strange merging of two totally different tones. The violence was portrayed with shocking brutality in a middle of a light romanic comedy.
Bitter_Resolve_6082 on
What a great movie. They tore down his house and built a convenience store. His reaction is hilarious!
bucky_ballers on
It is a great movie. It doesn’t try and hit tired tropey ‘beats’ in the same way many modern movies do – it assumes the audience has the intellect to keep up.
BrotherOfTheOrder on
My favorite running bit is him telling everyone he’s a contract killer and they just laugh and go with it.
Douglasqqq on
I tried watching that film for the first time recently, and barely made it 20 minutes.
Sometimes films and tones and artistic practices just have their day.
FoxMcCloudOwnsSlippy on
The I Can See Clearly Now opening, the Ace of Spades needle drop, the Under Pressure moment, Blister in the Sun, etc.
Damn, that soundtrack kicked ass. Give it a shot.
ATXDefenseAttorney on
I mean…. Martin McDonough does. He made “In Bruges”, and he’s coming out with “Wild Horse Nine” this year. These are like… better versions of GPB.
Sicsurfer on
Fantastic movie!
comicguy13 on
Preach
Sonnyboy1990 on
Popcorn!!
Big-Routine222 on
“What am I supposed to say? ‘Hi, I killed the leader of Paraguay with a fork, how are you?’”
RedTeamGo_ on
TEN YEARS
Owlthirtynow on
That was so freaking good. Joan Cusack……
smurfsundermybed on
I wrote a poem
Tess47 on
Where is it streaming in the usa?
Schlong_Gobbler on
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jackyLAD on
I’m drawing a complete blank on this one.
jfstompers on
Love this movie , in my top 10
darlin133 on
Movie still holds up. Watched it last week. The cUsack siblings are just fire.
howmanyMFtimes on
Akroyd is great in this movie also and minnie driver and joan cusack and jeremy piven. You’re right it’s a fantastic flick
MenudoMenudo on
The scene where he walks up to his fathers grave and pours out a bottle of whiskey then tosses the empty bottle onto the ground and walks away is the best example of “show don’t tell” I’ve ever seen in a film. It tells you everything you need to know about his relationship with his father in 5 seconds, without a single line of dialog.
bob_apathy on
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.”
RZAtheAbbot on
That Benny the Jet hallway fight scene is money
JesusStarbox on
I think that the guy from say anything became Martin.
YamInternational4891 on
for real, that movie is a perfect mix of dark humor and romance. can’t believe it came out over 25 years ago, time flies!
SAStorms71 on
They found I had a certain “Moral Flexibility”
aardw0lf11 on
My favorite rom com.
PeetSquared41 on
The scene of Cuzack and Akroyd ordering breakfast is pure gold
RTwhyNot on
Wonderful soundtrack
UtherPenDragqueen on
Don’t kill anybody for a few days. See what it feels like.
I’ve watched this film more times than I care to count. I’m trying to distill what I like about it into this reddit comment and I’m struggling to articulate it. Every character feels like they could be a real person – not just there to advance the plot in some way. They all have _character_ and pretty much every character is memorable. The dialogue is top tier, and perhaps only bettered in my personal hall of fame by The Big Lebowski.
Interestingly, to me at least, both Grosse Pointe Blank and The Big Lebowski are films I didn’t hugely enjoy on first viewing, but started to love on second and subsequent watches.
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A strange merging of two totally different tones. The violence was portrayed with shocking brutality in a middle of a light romanic comedy.
What a great movie. They tore down his house and built a convenience store. His reaction is hilarious!
It is a great movie. It doesn’t try and hit tired tropey ‘beats’ in the same way many modern movies do – it assumes the audience has the intellect to keep up.
My favorite running bit is him telling everyone he’s a contract killer and they just laugh and go with it.
I tried watching that film for the first time recently, and barely made it 20 minutes.
Sometimes films and tones and artistic practices just have their day.
The I Can See Clearly Now opening, the Ace of Spades needle drop, the Under Pressure moment, Blister in the Sun, etc.
Damn, that soundtrack kicked ass. Give it a shot.
I mean…. Martin McDonough does. He made “In Bruges”, and he’s coming out with “Wild Horse Nine” this year. These are like… better versions of GPB.
Fantastic movie!
Preach
Popcorn!!
“What am I supposed to say? ‘Hi, I killed the leader of Paraguay with a fork, how are you?’”
TEN YEARS
That was so freaking good. Joan Cusack……
I wrote a poem
Where is it streaming in the usa?
[ Removed by Reddit ]
I’m drawing a complete blank on this one.
Love this movie , in my top 10
Movie still holds up. Watched it last week. The cUsack siblings are just fire.
Akroyd is great in this movie also and minnie driver and joan cusack and jeremy piven. You’re right it’s a fantastic flick
The scene where he walks up to his fathers grave and pours out a bottle of whiskey then tosses the empty bottle onto the ground and walks away is the best example of “show don’t tell” I’ve ever seen in a film. It tells you everything you need to know about his relationship with his father in 5 seconds, without a single line of dialog.
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.”
That Benny the Jet hallway fight scene is money
I think that the guy from say anything became Martin.
for real, that movie is a perfect mix of dark humor and romance. can’t believe it came out over 25 years ago, time flies!
They found I had a certain “Moral Flexibility”
My favorite rom com.
The scene of Cuzack and Akroyd ordering breakfast is pure gold
Wonderful soundtrack
Don’t kill anybody for a few days. See what it feels like.
Amazing movie, killer soundtrack, peak double Cusack.
I’ve watched this film more times than I care to count. I’m trying to distill what I like about it into this reddit comment and I’m struggling to articulate it. Every character feels like they could be a real person – not just there to advance the plot in some way. They all have _character_ and pretty much every character is memorable. The dialogue is top tier, and perhaps only bettered in my personal hall of fame by The Big Lebowski.
Interestingly, to me at least, both Grosse Pointe Blank and The Big Lebowski are films I didn’t hugely enjoy on first viewing, but started to love on second and subsequent watches.
A perfect date movie.