Trailer
Summary
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor.
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Pure escapism
Where to watch
Fingerprint
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+20)
Critics 23Audiences 43GoodWatch 34
Metascore30
Tomatometer16%
IMDb5.4
User score4.7
Audience score28%
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10099Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1996
September 13, 1996
30 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaThrillerCrimeRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 14 more24 people
- Keanu ReevesJjaks Clayton
- Cameron DiazFreddie Clayton
- Vincent D'OnofrioSam Clayton
- Delroy LindoRed
- Dan AykroydDet. Ben Costikyan
- Courtney LoveRhonda the Waitress
- DDDrew DesmaraisYoung Jjaks Clayton
- Tuesday WeldNora Clayton
- Aaron Michael MetchikYoung Sam Clayton
- RKRussell KonstansJoseph
- DADavid Alan SmithDetective Lloyd
Bill SchoppertMinister- SGSteve GhizoniWedding Band Singer
Jack WalshBob, at Gas Station- BSBuffy SedlachekGas Station Attendant
Michael RispoliManager of Motel
Arabella FieldManager's Wife
Peter SyvertsenCop
John Carroll LynchCop- OOOliver OsterbergMan on Phone
Max PerlichDesk Clerk at Cowboy Style Hotel- DDDale DunhamSaddleback Motel Manager
Levon HelmBible Salesman
Joel ThingvallMan in Diner (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Steven Baigelman Director, Screenplay
Production · 5
- Erwin Stoff Executive Producer
- Danny DeVito Producer
- Michael Shamberg Producer
- Stacey Sher Producer
- Chris Smith Casting
Camera · 2
- Walt Lloyd Director of Photography
- Amy Vincent Camera Operator
Editing · 3
- Thom Noble Editor
- Martin Walsh Editor
- Kristen Helsing Editor
Sound · 5
- David Hidalgo Original Music Composer
- Steve Berlin Original Music Composer
- Cesar Rosas Original Music Composer
- Louie Pérez Original Music Composer
- Conrad Lozano Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Naomi Shohan Production Design
- Philip Messina Art Direction
- Evette Knight Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Eugenie Bafaloukos Costume Design
Other crew · 5
- Jake Crawford Stunt Coordinator
- John-Clay Scott Stunts
- Carl Ciarfalio Stunts
- Clint Lilley Stunts
- Rick LeFevour Stunts
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