Amazon.com video review:
Hit man Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack) is in an awkward
situation. Several of them, actually. He's attending his high school
reunion on an assignment; he's got a rival hit man (Dan Aykroyd) on
his tail; and he's going to have to explain to his old girlfriend
(Minnie Driver) why he stood her up on prom night. This amiable black
comedy, cowritten by Cusack and directed by Jonathan Demme
protégé George Armitage (Miami Blues), has the
feel of Demme's Something Wild and Married to the
Mob--which is to say its humor is dark and brightly colored at the
same time. Cusack and Driver are utterly charming--as is the leading
man's sister, Joan, who plays his secretary. (Ms. Cusack received an
Oscar nomination for her next role, in In & Out.) Alan Arkin is
also very funny as Martin's psychiatrist. --Jim Emerson
