Michael has to take summer class in French, a class trip to France, to graduate high school. He is, however, mistaken for an agent and people try to kill him. There are 007 style cars, cuties, crooks etc.
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- Jacob O’NealApril 7, 2026These days people have no idea how much Hollywood tried to push Richard Grieco. Johnny Depp was very publicly trying to leave 21 Jump Street so they brought in what felt like an edgier copy. They even gave his character a spin-off series. It was cancelled after a season, but during that time Fred Dekker had a spy movie parody he wanted to make. Some studio thought that would make a good starring vehicle for Grieco, much in the same way Scott Valentine was in My Demon Lover a few years ago. Both failed and pretty much destroyed their careers. Dekker was booted from the movie and only got a story credit. The movie turned into a farce much like an early Austin Powers without the impish charm. Grieco, Linda Hunt, Gabriella Anwar, Roger Rees and more star in this mistaken identity comedy. Grieco plays a high school student on a school trip to France. He happens to have the same name as a spy who was supposed to be on the same plane. From there attempted hilarity ensues. There are some funny moments in poking holes into the spy genre and their cliches, but the movie fails at almost everything. In a way, that gives it a charm. I can’t explain what it is about this movie. It can’t just be my long time crush on Anwar. The movie is just fun fo the sake of being a cheesy, bombastic, fun movie for the sake of being fun. Watch it if you want.
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If Looks Could Kill was released on March 15, 1991.
If Looks Could Kill was directed by William Dear.
If Looks Could Kill has a runtime of 88m.
If Looks Could Kill was produced by Neil Meron, Craig Zadan.
Michael has to take summer class in French, a class trip to France, to graduate high school. He is, however, mistaken for an agent and people try to kill him. There are 007 style cars, cuties, crooks etc.
The key characters in If Looks Could Kill are Michael Corben (Richard Grieco), Mariska (Gabrielle Anwar), Augustus Steranko (Roger Rees).
If Looks Could Kill is rated PG-13.
If Looks Could Kill is an Action, Comedy film.
If Looks Could Kill has an audience rating of 5 out of 10.
If Looks Could Kill has made $7.8M at the box office.