before i start and i should point out that i know the editor of this film . we have never meet and but we belong to the same fanzine ( those thing which come before message board ) and and we have talk on the phone and so i do have a bias here . anyway . somehow and it ironic how while the rat pack culture of the late 50 and early to mid 60 make a comeback in the mid 90 and this movie and from the son of one of the original rat pack and and which be make in a similar fashion and be a flop . not only that and it be a critical flop while i believe peter travers of roll stone be the only one who do not savage this ( he give it a mixed review and a i recall ) . and while i do not think this be the great film in the world and and i be not a fan of the rat pack and or cocktail and culture and i do think this be worth see . for one thing and this look stylish and and move right along . for another and the core performance be all good . richard dreyfus be surprisingly restrain here a the head gangster come back from a sanitarium and and have a droll edge to him . jeff goldblum go back to the quietly ironic performance he give in his pre blockbuster day and like the big chill . and while ellen barkin be only require to vamp in this movie and she do it entertainingly . admittedly and it not a great film while the dialogue be mostly make up of pun and and a lot of them do not work ( like the whole zen of ben speech ) . and gabriel byrne and kyle maclachlan be awful here . still and i be entertain and and if you like gangster film and you might be too .