The modern equivalent of a Feydeau farce, this is mostly a limp affair in spite of its top-flight cast. Kirstie Alley is unhappily married to granite-jawed Scott Bakula, one of a family of doctors who treat her as something the pathologist dragged in. A casual hot affair with a man (Sam Elliott) who dies at the end of an epic love-making session triggers off one of those games of consequences that only happen under the covers of fiction. Kirstie's lover was her husband's long-lost brother, but he's discovered by an inept salesman (Bill Pullman) who thinks he's killed him. Pullman's brother (Ed O'Neill), a top cop, calls on Kirstie because she made a panic phone call about the dead man, and falls for Alley's sister Jami Gertz. This goes on (and on) but, despite a few nice moments, is directed without verve by Carl Reiner, who could definitely do with some kind of wild climax to round it off. His screenwriter, presumably, didn't give him the chance.

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