Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 08/20/1999(USA)
Release Date: 12/28/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Would you believe
Hugh Grant as a violent Mafioso from Kansas City? Don't worry if you can't: that's part of the joke in this romantic comedy. Michael Felgate (
Hugh Grant) is a British expatriate living in Manhattan who runs a successful auction house dealing in rare and valuable art. When Michael meets Gina (
Jeanne Tripplehorn), he's immediately smitten, and three months later he asks for her hand in marriage. Gina, however, tells Michael that she could never marry him because of her family. Crestfallen, Michael wants to find out what the trouble could be; and when he tracks down Gina's father Frank (
James Caan), he discovers the nature of Gina's family problems: Frank is a Mafia kingpin, and several of Gina's previous boyfriends have met an ill fate trying to fit in with his criminal lifestyle. Frank, however, takes an immediate liking to Michael and asks him for a few small favors. Before long, Michael has inadvertently laundered mob money through his auction house and has to pass himself off to rival gangsters as Mickey Blue Eyes, a wiseguy from Kansas City.
Mickey Blue Eyes was co-produced by
Hugh Grant's significant other,
Elizabeth Hurley, and directed by
Kelly Makin, whose previous credits include the
Kids in the Hall movie
Brain Candy.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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