Mickey Blue Eyes Review
by "David N. Butterworth" (dnb AT dca DOT net)August 23rd, 1999
MICKEY BLUE EYES
A film review by David N. Butterworth
Copyright 1999 David N. Butterworth
**1/2 (out of ****)
If you've been following automotive trends as of late you'll know that, probably around the year 2009, every single car on the road will look like the Jeep Grand Cherokee. A similar feeling washed over me while watching "Mickey Blues Eyes" the other night. "Er, didn't I just *see* this movie?" Of course, I did.
"Mickey Blue Eyes" is a mob-related comedy that stars Hugh Grant. It shouldn't be confused with "Analyze This," a mob-related comedy without Hugh Grant, or "Notting Hill," a Hugh Grant comedy that has nothing whatsoever to do with organized crime. But after about thirteen middle-of-the-road comedies in a row, the lines begin to blur some.
This one (I think) stars Grant as a Manhattan-based auctioneer with "floppy hair" and all those other endearing Hugh Grant mannerisms. He's about to pop the question to the love of his life, high-school teacher Jeanne Tripplehorn. Jeanne has been cozy ("The Firm") and sexy ("Waterworld") before but here's she's just plain old Jeanne, neither cozy nor sexy and just a wee bit boring. Think what they could have done with Julia Roberts or, come to think of it, Robert De Niro in the Jeanne Tripplehorn role.
Jeanne is nervous about getting engaged to Hugh because her father (a surprisingly under-the-top James Caan) is, well, "connected." "Once you're family, you're Family" she cautions Hugh, but the twitchy Brit remains committed to her. Before Jeanne can say "I told you so," Hugh's making notes to rent "GoodFellas" and "The Godfather" trilogy, and learning how to say "forgedabouddit."
Grant is cute, as is "Mickey Blue Eyes" (co-produced by Elizabeth Hurley no less), but I liked the Jeep a whole lot more before they made it look like every other stinkin' SUV on the planet.
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