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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 14, 2016

Two delightful stars nudge Wild Target into sleeper territory - but only by a few inches.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 12, 2011

...mindless entertainment in a refined style.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2011

"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.

| Dec 25, 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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 10, 2010

"Wild Target" has fast, quippy dialogue and exactly the right actors to drive it home.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 2, 2010

When the various elements all fizzle, all we're left with is some likable actors trying their best to save a fading film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 2, 2010

Movies hardly ever make me laugh out loud, but this one did, more than once, with its unpredictable twists... and unexpected punchlines growing out of the deliciously twisted characters.

| Nov 30, 2010

Snappy, sarcastic, implausible caper that looses almost all momentum 1 hour in. Also, how do you feel about Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt making out? If you just threw up in your mouth a little, you might wanna avoid this.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 30, 2010

Saucy, scattershot, screwball farce.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 28, 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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 18, 2010

It all collapses inward, foundering on its own improbabilities.

| Nov 12, 2010

It's never a good idea to cast Bill Nighy as a buttoned-down hit man.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 12, 2010

Screenwriter Lucinda Coxon has clearly never met a corny complication she didn't like, and Wild Target becomes riddled with irksomely madcap happenings by the final act.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 11, 2010

Rarely in a British comedy have so many richly talented actors laboured so long in search of a coherent plot, plausible characters and even a modicum of humour.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 10, 2010

If not better than the French original, this re-make is equally good and equally funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 10, 2010

The film is directed with a surprising lack of comic spark by Jonathan Lynn.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 10, 2010

Bill Nighy nabs most of the laughs with his suave, sarcastic, sophisticated character.

| Original Score: B | Nov 10, 2010

With an interesting premise and a capable cast, it's a shame the result is such a dead horse.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 10, 2010

In Anglicising director Pierre Salvadori's 1993 French original, Lynn and screenwriter Lucinda Coxon have created a rich, colourful and intricately mannered comedy, brought to life with wonderfully wry performances across the board.

| Nov 8, 2010