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Wild Target
Longing to get out of the assassination business, a hit man decides not to follow through with his latest assignment to kill a pretty art thief. And soon he finds himself drawn to her, his intended victim.
22 December 1953, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
17 February 1976, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
3 April 1943, Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
24 August 1988, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK
12 July 1950, London, England, UK
16 June 1934, Clapton, London, England, UK
23 February 1983, Roehampton, London, England, UK
8 September 1971, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
February 12, 2011
Two delightful stars nudge Wild Target into sleeper territory - but only by a few inches.December 25, 2010
"Wild Target" bears all the hallmarks of [director Jonathan] Lynn's best films, despite being, even at a tidy 90 minutes, a bit too long.November 12, 2010
It's never a good idea to cast Bill Nighy as a buttoned-down hit man.December 02, 2010
"Wild Target" has fast, quippy dialogue and exactly the right actors to drive it home.October 29, 2010
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.November 18, 2010
The film has to fly by its wits -- and its witty lines -- and by the charm of its stars. This it does, just barely.October 29, 2010
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.November 01, 2010
Practically a text book in how ugly things can get when you don't have the right, light touch for this sort of thing.February 03, 2011
...mindless entertainment in a refined style.December 02, 2010
When the various elements all fizzle, all we're left with is some likable actors trying their best to save a fading film.November 14, 2016
A few tart, amusing lines echo the fabled Kind Hearts and Coronets, yet this British movie based on a French farce falls into morbid silliness.December 10, 2010
Wild Target is the sort of madcap comedy that breaks a sweat trying to generate a steady stream of laughs, but ... the film only works in fits and starts.