Grosse Pointe Blank stars John Cusack as hit-man Martin Blank. The film starts off with Blank's various attempts to bump off random people, but soon Blank gets a letter from his high school which notifies him of the upcoming ten year class reunion. Martin is reluctant to go at first because he doesn't know how to explain to his old classmates what he does for a living. However, he decides to go back and visit his old flame Debi Newberry, played by Minnie Driver. The film follows these two and their new romance and it also follows the attempts to kill Martin as he goes around Pointe Blank for the first time in ten years.
The performances in this movie are average, at best. Cusack plays Cusack, which is all he really ever does. But, it almost always works and this reviewer felt it worked in Grosse Pointe Blank as well. Cusack has done worse, but he has also done better. Newberry and Aykroyd do alright as well, but nothing spectacular. The plot is a bit strange and it is something that I have never seen before.
The film is billed as a comedy, but I didn't find myself laughing out loud very much. There were a few audible laughs here and there, but overall the film comes off as more amusing than hysterically funny. It is a fun film that is good to put on when you're bored or in the mood to be entertained. However, I would much rather watch Cusack in Better Off Dead than this film. As a final note, the film's soundtrack is absolutely fantastic on it's own, but it doesn't seem to fit in with the film. The music is great, but it just felt like they were sticking it in there without any thought to how it actually worked in the film. Blister in the Sun is a fantastic song, but what was the purpose of it in Grosse Pointe Blank? Overall, an entertaining and amusing film, but not very funny.
7/10
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