Wild Target

2010

98 mins

Trailer

Directed by Jonathan Lynn
31%
56%
15+
Action
Comedy

Action-crime-comedy about a middle-aged assassin who trying to give up the game.

Victor (Bill Nighy) is a most respected assassin and... More

Action-crime-comedy about a middle-aged assassin who trying to give up the game.

Victor (Bill Nighy) is a most respected assassin and also the most expensive, carrying on the family business extablished by his grandfather. Problem is, it's not a job where you tend to meet the right girl. So his domineering mother grows increasingly worried that an heir to the family business won't eventuate.

By contrast, Rose (Emily Blunt) is a free spirit, a gleeful, joyous thief. When Victor finds her as his target, but then becomes drawn to her, he spares her life, only to unexpectedly aquire in the process a young apprentice, Tony (Rupert Grint).

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Wild Target | Ratings & Reviews

31_%54 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
56_%27,317 reviews
Audience score rating
15+Age suitability
Children & Media rating

"Adapted from an old French farce but played in a way that is quintessentially British, Wild Target probably shouldn’t work given the two differing comedy styles it blends together. While this fusion isn’t entirely pitch perfect, for the most part it succeeds in being a funny and entertaining black comedy."

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Flicks

"Nearly every element here is wildly off-target, from Jonathan Lynn's ("The Whole Nine Yards") lazy helming and Lucinda Coxon's shambolic script to the embarrassed-looking perfs from usually excellent lead thesps Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt."

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Variety

"Daft, disposable but likeable enough."

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Total Film

"The considerable wit, style, and skill that Mr. Nighy and Ms. Blunt bring to the project are squandered."

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The New York Times

"The considerable wit, style, and skill that Mr. Nighy and Ms. Blunt bring to the project are squandered."

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Los Angeles Times

"Jonathan Lynn's lamentable black comedy Wild Target again shows that attractive and charismatic actors can do nothing to save a movie that's charmless, pointless and witless."

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