With Griffin Dunne hot off the back of his triumph in Martin Scorsese's After Hours and Madonna in dire need of a hit after the Shanghai Surprise fiasco, you'd have thought the two stars would have plumped for something more substantial than this woeful attempt at screwball comedy à la Bringing Up Baby. Slouching, chewing gum and mistiming wisecracks with the nonchalance of a rock star convinced her presence is a favour to the producer, Madonna is a shadow of the sassy star of Desperately Seeking Susan. Accepting his second-fiddle status, Dunne gets on with his work quietly and efficiently.

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