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Actors: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Grosse Pointe Blank |
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Contract killer Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack) has a problem. Several, in fact. He's botched his last few jobs, a client wants him dead, his former mentor Grocer (Dan Aykroyd) wants him to join a trade union, and his psychiatrist (Alan Arkin) wants nothing to do with him.
When his assistant (Joan Cusack) pressures him to attend his 15-year high school reunion, he rejects the idea, but when one of his disgruntled clients insists he travel to Detroit to kill a government witness, Martin realized he has no choice but to return to Grosse Pointe, from which he disappeared without a word 15 years before.
As the despondent Martin moves about Grosse Pointe, reuniting with his best friend Paul (Jeremy Piven) and Debbie (Minnie Driver), the love of his life, who he abandoned on prom night, he realizes that he is not alone. Two government agents (Hank Azaria and K. Todd Freeman) are there to stop him from fulfilling his contract, a professional assassin (Benny Urquidez) is in town to rub him out, and Grocer has arrived to recruit him for the union.
--James Craver, Resident Scholar
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In this comedy a hitman is invited back to his hometown for a high school reunion. When he returns he finds his old girlfriend and realizes he still loves her. While he is in his hometown he realizes someone is out to get him. He then tries to win back his old girlfriend and stay alive.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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Martin Q. Blank (Cusack), is a professional hit man who has started to suffer pangs of conscience and is flubbing up jobs. On the advice of his prickly psychiatrist (Arkin) and ultra-efficient secretary (Joan Cusack), he goes to his tenth high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to relax and reassess -- although there's another hit job there, and two overeager feds and another assassin are in pursuit. Back in his home town, Martin hooks up with his ex-girlfriend Debi Newberry (Driver), whom he left in the lurch on prom night to join the army and who is now a disc jockey. Things heat up on all fronts. This smart and amiable 1997 black comedy features lots of loud pop music and some startling, not-so-amusing violence.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Grosse Pointe Blank |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals killing each other
- criminal becomes sensitive
- Killer POV story
If a parody... of
- gangsters/crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Vigilante/Revenge?
Yes
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
- Somewhat more humor than serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- killer
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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