It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

From my favorite movies..

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

A lot of early twists and turns in the identities and motivations of the characters makes this a fun outing. Bruce Willis is equally adept at both comedy and drama, and he was a perfect casting choice as a foil for Matthew Perry's cluelessness about mob hits and his own wife's predilection for murder. When Oz's (Perry) dental assistant Jill (Amanda Peet) came out of the closet as a would be assassin in training, it added a whole new dimension to the story. Her chemistry with Willis was a whole lot better though than Perry and Natasha Henstridge as a couple. Even when it worked out at the end of the story it didn't work, if you know what I mean.I was a little disappointed with Kevin Pollack in the role of gangster Janni Gogolak, he didn't seem to exhibit any charisma for a mob boss. Pacino or De Niro might have worked better, but it looked like enough payroll was tied up with the other principals. The tip off for me that The Tulip (Willis) was going to whack Frankie Figs (Michael Clarke Duncan) instead of his new pal Oz was when Frankie shook his head and rolled his eyes when Jimmy talked him down from killing Oz on the boat ride. I got a kick out of the sight gag of the Miller Genuine Draft going over the side right after Frankie Figs did. Matthew Perry's deadpan clueless reactions can be quite hysterical.Hey, it's not high drama and that's not the reason to tune in to this flick. Willis and Perry have good chemistry, and the picture compares favorably with other assassin-comedies like "Grosse Pointe Blank", "You Kill Me" and the two "Red's". At just a little over an hour and a half, it won't kill you.

It's funny. It's dark. It's light and frothy. It starts out slow enough to get to know the characters and it soon becomes twisty and turns enough that you might need a scorecard to track who is after who at any given point in time. Well cast. Willis is always at his best when his tongue is kelp firmly in his cheek. Matthew Perry is his usual rather befuddled, cowardly self. Michael Duncan is BIG... and funny ... and scary ! All of the supporting players are well cast and exemplary.It's worth finding and giving a look see.

This movie has more twists and turns than a mountain road. The cast is great starting out with the marvelously talented Bruce Willis. Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Amanda Peet. The premise is perfect for this sort of dark comedy. The main character played wonderfully by Matthew Perry is funny, sharp witted and makes you get in the guys' corner right from the start. The man has more than a couple of reasons to suck carbon monoxide but he continues on in spite of being a dentist married to a shrew that wants him dead for monetary reasons, his new neighbor is a notorious hit man for the Chicago mob that has anger management problems, and his dental receptionist is secretly a beginner in the hit man game plotting his demise for his shrew wife. There, now the story is set except for the romantic interest the gorgeous Nastasha Henstridge who just happens to be the wife of Bruce Willis, Matthews' new neighbor. I tell you, what's not to like about this mix of dripping satire and ill born love at first sight. On the surface the movie seems like another one of the usual Hollywood "just for the money" movies, but, give it a chance and it will definitely grab your attention despite a short sequence of gratuitous T&A featuring Amanda Peet that really isn't needed. All told you have a witty, funny and very entertaining movie that you will want to enjoy again and again.There is scarcely a moment in the film that is not at least chuckle- worthy! Even the minor characters (mother-in-law, mob henchmen, Canadian cops, dental patients) are flawlessly played. Matthew Perry is absolutely brilliant, and Bruce Willis underplays his role in perfect counterpoint to Perry's over-the-top goofiness. Nothing is missing: there's suspense, action, plot-twists, surprises, sight- gags, slapstick, and glib repartee galore to give you sniggers, chuckles, guffaws, and outright belly-laughs throughout. By all rights this movie belongs among the all-time comedy classics.Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

I think the term 'Black Comedy' best describes this film because it does not necessarily fall into the category of art-house, nor do I believe that it falls into the category of independent, though I would certainly not consider it your typical Hollywood film (an though it is set in Canada I believe it is basically an American films). The story is about a dentist named Oz who is married to a wife that makes one wonder if he is being punished for a crime that he committed in another life and is stuck paying off her father's debt that he inherited after her father committed suicide.Then a former hit-man who ratted out a Chicago mob boss moves in next door and she sees a double opportunity. First she could rat him out to the Chicago mob and collect on a finder's fee, and secondly (if that doesn't work out) she can hire him to kill Oz so she can collect on his life insurance. The problem is that she has already been trying to do this, and the last assassin she hired ended up liking Oz and could not bring herself around to killing him. As for Oz, while he is in Chicago he ends up meeting the hit-man's wife and falling in love with her, only to discover that the hit-man does not believe in divorce.This is a great movie that will have you in absolute stitches the first time you see it (and maybe the second time as well) however the problem is that it relies too much upon the many twists and turns and in the end, once you know what is going to happen, it ceases to be all that wonderful anymore. Unfortunately this film simply does not have the staying power that some of the other black comedies that I own have, and in fact it seems to have pretty much fallen to the wayside. In a way it is not like Pulp Fiction or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, that have a cult following, but rather one of those films that you can say, oh, I remember that, and then move on to something else.