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Information
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 98 min.
- Director
- Jonathan Lynn
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.7
- Votes *
- 32,445
- Checks
- 2,480
- Favs
- 159
- Dislikes
- 37
- Favs/checks
- 6.4% (1:16)
- Favs/dislikes
- 4:1
Top comments
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Nilkes
Loved it! Great British humour and I really, really don't mind looking at Emily Blunt for over 90 minutes :D
BTW, those fake teeth on Martin Freeman were quite scary :# 11 years ago -
Siskoid
In Wild Target, Bill Nighy is a precise assassin hired to kill Emily Blunt's shameless grifter/thief, but through comic shenanigans (and ROMcomic ones, but I don't think that's particularly believable - they had played father and daughter only 5 years earlier), he becomes her protector against other hired killers, including Martin Freeman. Rupert Grint also gets involved as an innocent bystander and would-be pupil to the master hitman. There's a nice sense of capery fun to all this, and if I made sure to mention the cast (which also includes Rupert Everett, Rory Kinnear and Eileen Atkins), it's because the movie shines thanks to the actors' performances, and the character-based comedy is its best feature. Reaching out to some low common denominator, the slapstick is far less appealing, but it's there for you to frown at. Bottom line: It won't revolutionize cinema, but if you're a fan of Nighy or Blunt (and if not, why aren't you?) then you'll find this an amusing bit of fluff to wile away 90 minutes. 1 year 5 months ago -
