Director Robert Benton (Kramer vs Kramer, Nobody's Fool) scores something of a misfire with this well-intentioned but uneven comedy. The story of a manicurist who witnesses a murder and teams up with her soon-to-be ex-husband to solve the crime has its moments. But miscast stars Kim Basinger and Jeff Bridges struggle to make make the broad comedy work. It's an interesting and mildly amusing diversion, nonetheless.

Hairdresser Nadine Hightower wants to retrieve the risqué photos she once posed for, but when she visits the photographer at his office, he's murdered by an intruder. Nadine talks her estranged husband, Vernon, into going along when she returns to the office, where they stumble across plans for a less than legal construction project. But when Vernon tries to turn the documents into a cash windfall, he and Nadine are pursued by goons with guns.