A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun.
Maybe you'll be in the right mood and like this stuff. It looks good, and the actors are several notches above the usual parody cast in ability. And yet...
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Small jokes are buried under elaborate setups. Sight gags are repeated to the point of exhaustion.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
A collection of gags that vary much too wildly in terms of timing and wit.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
It's a real pity, because Reiner has certainly been funnier and more inventive on other outings and Sherilyn Fenn makes a winsome gal Friday.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
30 Sep 2008
rotten:
The filmmakers have provided critics ample artillery by prominently featuring a skunk in this thuddingly flat spoof of erotic thrillers.