Tom Logan (Robert Redford) is on the inside track to be the new District Attorney of New York. He shares custody of his daughter Jennifer. Tough talking defense attorney Laura Kelly (Debra Winger) has a new client in mysterious ingenue Chelsea Deardon (Daryl Hannah) who stole a painting from wealthy Robert Forrester (John McMartin). Her artist father made the painting for her 8th birthday 18 years ago. Most of the paintings were lost in a fire that night along with her father. Forrester suddenly drops his complaint and trades the painting for a Picasso with museum owner Victor Taft (Terence Stamp) in a lopsided trade. The case seems to be closed. Police detective Cavanaugh (Brian Dennehy) gives Laura evidence about the old fire which indicates a conspiracy of fraud and possibly worst.
Daryl Hannah is pretty good. She should be the femme fatale in a noir thriller. Ivan Reitman insists on trying to inject comedy into this and it mostly doesn't work. Neither Redford nor Winger is a comedian. There are no comedians in sight. The poppy music gives it a light tone but it doesn't make it funny. He also has Redford sleep with Hannah. The romantic pairing with Winger gets cold water dumped on it. Despite it all, these are great actors and they deliver compelling characters. Reitman is probably the wrong man to direct this.
Daryl Hannah is pretty good. She should be the femme fatale in a noir thriller. Ivan Reitman insists on trying to inject comedy into this and it mostly doesn't work. Neither Redford nor Winger is a comedian. There are no comedians in sight. The poppy music gives it a light tone but it doesn't make it funny. He also has Redford sleep with Hannah. The romantic pairing with Winger gets cold water dumped on it. Despite it all, these are great actors and they deliver compelling characters. Reitman is probably the wrong man to direct this.