Grosse Pointe Blank
Director: George Armitage
Genre: Romantic comedy, Black comedy, Thriller, Comedy, Crime Fiction, Romance Film, Comedy Thriller
Year: 1997
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Arkin, Jeremy Piven, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria, Belita Moreno, Benny Urquidez, Mitchell Ryan, K. Todd Freeman, Michael Cudlitz, Jenna Elfman
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American black comedy film, directed by George Armitage, and starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Grosse Pointe Blank the 21st greatest comedy film of all time. The film's soundtrack features mainly independent music hits from the 1980s.
Professional assassin Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack) finds himself depressed, irritable and dissatisfied with his work. A major irritant is his chief rival Grocer (Dan Aykroyd), whose effort to cartelize the hitman business puts him at potentially lethal odds with the solitary Martin. Following a botched contract, Martin receives an invitation to his class of '86 10-year high school reunion in his home town of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Initially reluctant to attend, he is pressured into it by both his therapist (Alan Arkin) (who rejects Martin as a patient, but continues to permit sessions with him out of fear) and his secretary (Joan Cusack) (the only person with whom Martin has more or less normal interactions). She books him a contract in Michigan that coincides with the reunion, ostensibly to smooth things over with the client whose contract was botched.
Upon arriving
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