anemic comedy drama and an unhappy and seemingly rush affair feature cher a a woebegone housewife who slowly make friend with the hit man who be hire to kill her by her husband . chazz palminteri and a the talkative hire gun and adapt the screenplay from his own play and with stagy set ups and back and forth dialogue that quickly tire the eye and ear . an air of gloom hang over the entire project and and director paul mazursky can not get cher out of her perpetual funk ( she listless ) . despite all the top talent ( include robert de niro a one of the producer ) and faithful be fraudulent and with no substance to the story and character who rarely come to life . half from .