It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it!

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Dan Lauria, Forest Whitaker, Ian Tracey

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"I don't believe this! They ate all the food and left dog turds in the fridge." – Bill Reimers

Why watch this? This is still a great crime drama, but it has really funny moments, too.

Plot Summary: Two detectives, Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers, are assigned to surveil the ex-girlfriend of a dangerous escaped convict. While on duty, Lecce, posing as a telephone repairman, begins to fall in love with the woman they are watching, Maria McGuire. This complicated situation is intensified when the escaped convict unexpectedly arrives, forcing the detectives to confront both their duty and Lecce's burgeoning relationship.

Dad's Preview: I've grown to admire Richard Dreyfuss through the years. He was so good in Jaws (1975). Here he plays a cop assigned to watch the house of an escaped convict's old girlfriend. As he and his partner watch her from the abandoned house next door, he starts to fall for her. He even bumps into her at a local grocery store, which definitely crosses the line. Then her bank-robbing, hot-tempered, ex-boyfriend arrives, things get really tense, and dangerous. 

Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II;
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution