This was a bit of a departure for Brosnan, as he hasn’t done much comedy. It wasn’t as good as The Thomas Crown Affair although he was much more playing to type in that as a suave rich playboy.
In this he is a wise-cracking semi washed up assassin who stumbles upon regular guy Kinnear (who does well in this mostly straight role). It’s one of those few movies that make assassins into “nice guys” and in that respect it’s obviously a lighthearted movie. It does however have a few moments of greater depth which make the whole quite nicely balanced. OK, the twists of the plot are a bit predictable, but as a nice, slightly unusual buddy movie, that is light, but has a bit of heart it does well.

Since those pesky stars always go missing… I give it 3.5/5

Last weekend Benjamin’s parents came over for dinner and a movie (not in that order). We had rented this movie from the local video store and all 4 of us watched it. The boys liked it, I thought it was okay, and I think Barbara wasn’t a fan.

From my perspective this is a fairly amusing flick about an old hit man who starts to lose it. It’s a complete departure for Pierce Brosnan and he does it well. Greg Kinnear plays the straight man, making Brosnan actually come across as funny. Hope Davis also adds something to the film with her portrayl of Kinnear’s wife.

The one big complaint I have about this film is that it sort of dragged on. I am not sure if it was just me lacking focus or the movie was too long, but I suspect the latter.

After the movie we walked to the new-ish Thai restaurant on 65th, which is quite good. We then ate the food at our house and the elder Sherrys went home. Of course I discovered the next day that walking to the Thai place was as bad an idea as I thought since my pelvis was completely out of alignment the next day. I know I am only supposed to walk on flat surfaces right now but I live inSeattle and have stairs at both home and work. Urg!