Wild Target 2010

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: Wild Target takes aim at various styles and genres and misses the mark every time. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: 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. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: It's entertainment designed to resemble a good time without aspiring to provide one. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Practically a text book in how ugly things can get when you don't have the right, light touch for this sort of thing. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: 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. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles 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. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: 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. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: 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. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Nothing works. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: The film has to fly by its wits -- and its witty lines -- and by the charm of its stars. This it does, just barely. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: Nothing feels like it's been properly thought through, highlighted by the fact that Nighy's 'super assassin' goes about his business by merely opening fire on a crowded market place (using a silencer, of course!). Read more

Leslie Felperin, Variety: [An] unlovable, seldom funny Brit comedy. Read more

Dan Kois, Village Voice: 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. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: It's never a good idea to cast Bill Nighy as a buttoned-down hit man. Read more