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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   937 votes
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Director:

Paul Mazursky

Writers (WGA):

Chazz Palminteri (play)
Chazz Palminteri (screenplay)

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Release Date:

3 April 1996 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama more

Tagline:

A comedy about a wife, her husband and his hit man. more

Plot:

A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:

Romanian Star Dinica Dead At 75
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User Comments:

Depression sets in early... more (18 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cher ... Margaret

Chazz Palminteri ... Tony

Ryan O'Neal ... Jack Connor
Paul Mazursky ... Dr. Susskind

Amber Smith ... Debbie

Elisa Leonetti ... Maria
Mark Nassar ... Maria's Boyfriend
Stephen Spinella ... Young Man at Rolls

Jeffrey Wright ... Young Man at Rolls
David Marino ... Little Tony
Steven Randazzo ... Tony's Father
Olinda Turturro ... Tony's Mother
Max Norat ... Jewelery Store Salesman

Allison Janney ... Saleslady
Chris O'Neill ... Priest
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sex-related dialogue.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #33683) | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Harrison, New York, USA more

Company:

Miramax Films more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman were originally down to play the parts later taken up by Cher and Ryan O'Neal. more

Goofs:

Continuity: The sandwich that Margaret is eating. more

Quotes:

Margaret: Does your mother know what you do for a living?
Tony: No.
Margaret: Well, she wouldn't like it.
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Movie Connections:

References The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) more

Soundtrack:

The Irish Wedding Jigs more


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Depression sets in early..., 14 February 2007
3/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Anemic comedy-drama, an unhappy, seemingly rushed affair featuring Cher as a woebegone housewife who slowly makes friends with the hit-man who's been hired to kill her by her husband. Chazz Palminteri, as the talkative hired gun, adapted the screenplay from his own play, with stagy set-ups and back-and-forth dialogue that quickly tires the eye and ear. An air of gloom hangs over the entire project, and director Paul Mazursky can't get Cher out of her perpetual funk (she's listless). Despite all the top talent (including Robert De Niro as one of the producers), "Faithful" is fraudulent, with no substance to the story and characters who rarely come to life. *1/2 from ****

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