Brian Dennehy, Daryl Hannah, Debra Winger

Robert Redford, usually a pretty good judge of material, got snookered badly in this Ivan Reitman comedy that also starred Debra Winger and Daryl Hannah. Redford is a rising assistant D.A. who is pros...( read more  read more... )ecuting a woman (Hannah) for theft of a painting by her father. Before he knows what hit him, he's involved romantically both with the defendant and with her scattered lawyer (Winger). Redford is as good as he can be, given the circumstances, but this is a movie that doesn't know where it's going. Originally intended as a serious film about the legal wrangling over the estate of the late Mark Rothko, this film quickly degenerated when the script was turned over to Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., whose sparkling oeuvre includes Turner and Hooch. --Marshall Fine

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Directed by: Ivan Reitman

Release Date: June 18, 1986

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  • March 9, 2007
    Robert Redford looks out of place in this legal thriller played for laughs that feels like a glib, vacuous 80s TV show pilot.
  • March 9, 2009
    How i love those kind of new age atmosphere movie ! The humour, the dynamic, the actrocs, the story, everything fits so perfectly !!!
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • May 15, 2008
    For Fans of Legal Movies and Comedies only!!!!!!
  • April 8, 2008
    Another in a long line of lame 1980s comedies with crappy soundtracks and even worse plotlines. Robert Redford must've been offered a gazillion dollars to do this OR he was brainwashed. This movie was awful. Debra Winger has the acting range of a dead body, which is still infinit...( read more)ely better than Daryl Hannah, who gets by on cute looks alone.
  • February 23, 2008
    A great 80's classic!
  • February 4, 2008
    Even with a great cast I have no desire to see this.
  • November 18, 2007
    daryl hannah's performance art is very SEXY in this
  • November 12, 2007
    I saw it back in 86' and perhaps I was too young? Because I thought it was pretty boring. Might see it again.
  • September 28, 2007
    Pretty lightwieght stuff but I think Darryl is always good to watch. I'm not even sure this is a decent chickflick.

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