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Director: John Herzfeld
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hatcher hires Spader to kill her ratbag of a husband. That's the stone tossed into the pool: the ripples take in Mazursky's suicidal film director, Daniels' and Stoltz's variously troubled cops, Cruttwell's travails with a kidney stone, and more. The result is not so much complexity as a mildly entertaining collection of rather superficial short stories; or perhaps it's best described as an elementary elaboration of a greater number of subsidiary characters than usual, inside a piece of pulp fiction. Smoothly constructed, for such a busy piece of work, and Hatcher's ascent to stardom continues.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: John Herzfeld
Producer: Jeff Wald, Herb Nanas
Cast: James Spader, Danny Aiello, Teri Hatcher, Paul Mazursky, Jeff Daniels, Eric Stoltz, Glenne Headly, Greg Cruttwell, Marsha Mason, Robert Carradine, Louise Fletcher full cast
Duration: 107 mins
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