Wild Target

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When veteran hit man Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) finds himself unable to kill his latest target, Rose (Emily Blunt), he winds up with an unexpected sidekick, Tony (Rupert Grint), who thinks Victor is a detective in this action-packed comedy from Britain. Now, with Rose and Tony tagging along, Victor tries to deal with the dual forces of his overbearing mother (Eileen Atkins) and a very angry client (Rupert Everett) who wants Rose dead.
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Netflix Rating: 3.7
NYT Review: “Wild Target," directed by Jonathan Lynn, is a remake of a French film, “Cible Émouvante," and stars Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt. Read the review
Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten 32%: An ineptly staged farce that dishonors the original film and squanders the comedic potential of its fine actors.
Fresh: 17 Rotten: 36 Rotten Tomatoes page
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics: The film has to fly by its wits -- and its witty lines -- and by the charm of its stars. This it does, just barely. full review

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

It's never a good idea to cast Bill Nighy as a buttoned-down hit man. full review

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Practically a text book in how ugly things can get when you don't have the right, light touch for this sort of thing. full review

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

There have been a lot of black comedies about assassins lately -- there have been a few just this year -- but Wild Target may be the first one to contain genuine laughs. full review

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

An eccentric little comic thriller filled with enough laughs that I was mostly willing to overlook the fact that it makes virtually no sense as a thriller. full review

Lou Lumenick, New York Post

All of this busyness drains away the film's charm, turning what might have been a naughty and whimsical frolic into something glib, hectic and sour. full review

A.O. Scott, New York Times

Since irony is so often director Jonathan Lynn's weapon of choice, Wild Target should have been a good fit. It's not quite. full review

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

Wild Target takes aim at various styles and genres and misses the mark every time. full review

Christy Lemire, Associated Press

A very French 1993 farce gets a less comfortable British redo in Wild Target, a hectic, charm-challenged comedy about a fussy bachelor hitman who can't bring himself to off a winsome thief. full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

Nothing works. full review

Rex Reed, New York Observer

Wild Target is the kind of movie that actually uses that angry-cat-yowl sound. That is the kind of movie that Wild Target is. full review

Dan Kois, Village Voice

[An] unlovable, seldom funny Brit comedy. full review

Leslie Felperin, Variety

Attractive and charismatic actors can do nothing to save a movie that's charmless, pointless and witless. full review

Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter