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Overview

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4.3/10   292 votes
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Director:
Greg Yaitanes
Writer:
Lisa Lutz (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 November 2001 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
Ready, Fire... Aim!
Plot:
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Disappointed... more (9 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Frank Pellegrino ... Frank Varecchio

Paul Sorvino ... Joe Maloni

Anthony DeSando ... Mario (as Anthony De Sando)

Diane Keaton ... Fran Varecchio
Nick Sandow ... Tommy
Glenn Cruz ... John Anderson

Raymond Franza ... Lester

Louis Vanaria ... Hal

Bruno Iannone ... Sammy
Maury Chaykin ... Donald Rossi
Bob Balaban ... James Foster
John Ventimiglia ... Raymond Pelagi

Traci Ann Wolfe ... Raymond's Girlfriend

Natasha Lyonne ... Kaye
Michael Allinson ... Charles the Butler
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
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Runtime:
USA:98 min
Country:
USA | Denmark
Language:
English | Danish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | USA:R
Company:
Half Moon Entertainment more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Screenwriter Lisa Lutz began writing the screenplay at the age of 21 in 1991, was paid or asked to rewrite it over 25 times, and ultimately had it made into a movie a decade later. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Raymond is reaching for the gun on the floor, he has the belt in his hand from one angle and not from the other. more

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User Comments

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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Disappointed..., 26 July 2002
Author: Thomas Holmström Frandzen (thf@fzc.dk) from Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark



The cast looked promising, the storyline seemed to hold some laughs, and I was in the mood for some off-beat Diane Keaton gangster comedy.

Well, there are a few laughs to be had through-out the movie, but most of the time I just thought 'when is something interesting going to happen?' and 'when does Diane stop crying/shouting/babbling hysterically?'. I'm used to watching Diane Keaton playing this type of character, but in this case she really overdid it (may be the Director's fault, who knows). An outright terrible performance is made by Anthony DeSando playing the son/sidekick/whatever of Sorvino's character. The part in itself is exceptionally stupid (very cliché), but DeSando manages to make the character appear so stupid, that it isn't even funny (which I believe it was intended to be).

Bob Balaban (as Keaton's brother), Burt Young (as one of the persons she's asked to kill) and sometimes also Maury Chaykin makes the last half the movie somewhat tolerable, after 40 minutes of Keaton freaking out all the time.

The movie isn't exactly terrible, but it is the worst Diane Keaton-flick I've seen for some time.

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