Line #25 Film/MickeyBlueEyes


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3	''Mickey Blue Eyes'' is a 1999 comedy film directed by Creator/KellyMakin, starring Creator/JamesCaan, Creator/HughGrant, and Creator/JeanneTripplehorn.
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5	Michael Felgate (Grant) is a bumbling, well-meaning Brit who's working in New York City for the Cromwell Auction House. Felgate unwittingly gets involved with the local Mob through his relationship and eventual wedding engagement with Gina Vitale (Tripplehorn), whose father Frank (Caan) is a mafia kingpin. By the time Felgate realizes what Frank's business really is, he's too much in love with Gina and already too deep within the Vitale Family to easily get out of trouble.
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9	!!Tropes:
10	* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Johnny]] is killed by a warning shot ricocheting.
11	* ActorAllusion: Creator/JamesCaan plays [[Film/TheGodfather a member of a crime family]].
12	* {{Auction}}: Much of the action takes place at an auction house.
13	* AuctionOfEvil: Felgate's business is auctioning art. When the Vitale family uses its connection to Felgate to launder the money the art auctions start becoming this.
14	* BatmanGambit: Gina Vitale pulls this one when she [[spoiler: momentarily fakes her death with the feds' help to solve the plot]].
15	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Vito is the most laid-back and gracious of the mafia clan, but displays murderous rage for the rest of the movie once his son goes missing.
16	* BigApplesauce: The film is set in New York.
17	* BigSecret: The reason Gina rejects Michael's marriage proposal at first.
18	* BloodSpatteredWeddingDress: At Gina's wedding, [[spoiler:her StagedShooting has blood blooming ''very'' dramatically from the bodice of her white dress]].
19	* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
20	** Michael sure takes a lot of time to realize the Vitales are Mafiosi even though the clues are everywhere.
21	** Frank's speech about how daughter Gina deserves the best:
22	--->'''Frank:''' ''[talking about her daughter]'' She met someone who knows exactly how she deserves to be treated.\
23	'''Felgate:''' Right.\
24	'''Frank:''' Like a fucking princess.
25	* DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler: Gina]] pretends to be shot at the end of the movie to ward off the mafia's vengeance.
26	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Frank's business front is an Italian restaurant called ''The La Trattoria'', ''The'' and ''La'' meaning the same thing in different languages. Possibly intentional, as the movie also ends on a "The The End".
27	* DistractedByTheSexy: Since Felgate is worried that Gina dumps him if she finds out that her dad's Mob is infiltrating the auction business, he then ''tries'' to pull this trope to keep her from seeing the evidence.
28	* FailedASpotCheck: Again, Felgate is unable to take all the obvious hints about Frank & family until Gina has to spell it out for him.
29	* FakeAmerican: In-universe. Felgate tries to pass for an American a couple of times. HilarityEnsues.
30	* FakingTheDead: Gina's [[spoiler:BatmanGambit involves faking her death for a while]].
31	* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: The Mafia is played for laughs and never pull a single hit.
32	* FishOutOfWater: Michael tries to adapt to the Vitales to keep up certain appearances.
33	* HotTeacher: Gina, who works as a schoolteacher and is played by Creator/JeanneTripplehorn.
34	* TheMafia: Frank is a member.
35	* MafiaPrincess: Gina is this to Frank and later to Michael. Unlike most examples, she tries to avoid her upbringing, working as a teacher and freaking out a little at Michael's proposal due to fear that it will get him immersed in the mob.
36	* TheMole: [[spoiler: Vinny]] turns out to be helping the Vitale family make it out of things alive.
37	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Michael when trying to speak like an American gangster.
38	* PinballProjectile: Gina accidentally to Johnny.
39	* ProtagonistTitle: The title is the nickname the mobsters tend to stick on Michael Felgate.
40	* SadisticChoice: At one point Frank is tasked to kill Michael in order to save Gina.
41	* SlobsVersusSnobs: The Vitale Family (''sans'' Gina) versus the Cromwell Auction House.

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