UK
2010/35mm/98mins M
Thursday 28 October 6.30PM – Dendy
Sunday 31 October 2.00PM – Dendy
When a reserved hit-man with a parrot is asked to kill a sassy kleptomaniac with a fake Rembrandt, just about anything could happen.
In this freewheeling and frothy farce with a top-drawer British cast, Bill Nighy plays a professional assassin who’s taking over the family hit-business from his elderly mother. When a client commissions him to dispose of a gorgeous young woman (Emily Blunt) who’s being chased by art gangsters (headed by Rupert Everett), he ends up befriending her as well as a homeless student (Rupert Grint) who they run over in a stolen Mini. Mad? Completely! In the very British spirit of A FISH CALLED WANDA, the highly watchable cast make the most of this adaptation of the frantic 1993 French comedy MOVING TARGET.
Screenings at Paris Cinema International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival
“A typical, old-fashioned Brit comedy” Tim Evans, SKY MOVIES
“thoroughly enjoyable, and does a fine job of blending British comedy with a few brief moments of intense action” Todd Rigney, BEYOND HOLLYWOOD
Writers Lucinda Coxon, Pierre Saldadori Director Jonathan Lynn Cast Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Rupert Everett Print Source Icon Films
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A brilliant film and the choice of actors was excellent. This film may well become a classic. Very funny. Loved the the bit with the parrot. But there were so many great scenes. Definitely a 5 from me. Actually, 5+ would be more accurate. Looking forward to seeing it again sometime.
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