Review of Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) by Bruno V — 26 Jan 2012

"Let the bid come to you, that's rule number one.".

- Michael Felgate.

Michael Felgate was an Englishman in New York. He is an art auctioneer who falls in love with schoolteacher Gina and bought a ring to prove his commitment. But Michael's pursuit of happiness is about to take a detour when Gina fends off his proposal of marriage and some bad communication lead to him being welcomed by a criminal family. An unintentional killing results in Michael pretending to be Mickey Blue Eyes out of Kansas City soon after the mob has chosen to launder money through his auction house.

Directed by Kelly Makin, 'Mickey Blue Eyes' features great acting performances from the following cast:

1.) Hugh Grant (Michael Felgate).

2.) James Caan (Frank Vitale).

3.) Jeanne Tripplehorn (Gina Vitale).

4.) Burt Young (Vito Graziosi).

5.) James Fox (Philip Cromwell).

Before watching 'Mickey Blue Eyes' I was long familiar with the acting abilities of the British-born Hugh Grant and his notable romantic comedy credits ('Notting Hill' among of them). And if I could read that film title until actually watching it, I knew it doesn't refer to an animated mouse who goes by the name of Mickey but, rather, the nickname of when Michael goes under the protection of an Italian mob. It's an excellent romantic comedy with some seriousness to it, and I laughed at some sequences when I wasn't expecting it to be 'The Godfather' at first. Hugh's attempt on speaking his "fuggedaboudit" New Yorker speech also made me laugh even with the R's missing, so afteh wadching dis I dond wanna fugged aboud dad. In other words, I don't want to leave out 'Mickey Blue Eyes' out of my favorite romantic comedies list.