The opening credits indicate that this film is based on a true story. Of course, true stories about wives who pay inept hit men to kill their cheating husbands probably aren’t all that hard to come by. Even stories where the cheating husband lives, decides to repent of his wayfaring ways and declines to press charges aren’t completely unheard of. So this film derives what charm it has not so much from the originality of the plot nor from the often awkward script but from the acting, particularly the wronged spouse, played by Tracey Ullman (doing something besides the “Tracey Ullman Show” for a change), and the two bumbling trigger men, played by William Hurt and Keanu Reeves. Mildly amusing
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