Mickey Blue Eyes is a
1999 film directed by
Kelly Makin.
Hugh Grant stars as Michael Felgate, an English auctioneer living in
New York City who becomes entangled in his soon-to-be father in-law's
mafia connections. Several of the minor roles are played by actors later featuring in the
Sopranos TV gangster series.
Plot
When Michael Felgate (
Hugh Grant), a British
auctioneer, proposes marriage to his girlfriend Gina Vitale (
Jeanne Tripplehorn), he is shocked to be turned down. Gina later tearfully explains that her father Franco (
James Caan) and most of her cousins and uncles are gangsters deeply involved in a
Mafia crime family, and she's worried that Michael may be sucked into their world. Michael retorts that he won't let this happen, but barely is the engagement party over before he is unwittingly involved in a
money laundering scam, and soon the
FBI is sniffing at his heels.