i originally saw this very dark comedy around 2000 or so on cable tv . what a surprise and delight . everyone be covertly arm in this movie . dreyfus play the mental don ( remember the new york don who be suppose to be schizophrenic . art imitate life or vice versa . ) . diane lane and ellen barkin be at their most beautiful and not to be toy with . thus prove that beauty and toughness do go together . then there be the great bullshit scene between barkin and jeff goldblum ( rita and mickey ) where they verbally play off the world bullshit . this film be both subtle and bald . for all the shooting and it can be a very quiet film . and and you have the opportunity to see several actor in their final or near final role . joey bishop . richard pryor . henry silva . it be not a film for everyone . but and if you like a film that have a lot of word play and keep move without blow up everything in sight and this be the film for you . roger ebert dump on this film . he flat wrong . this be a fine and fine film . maybe just not one for ebert . i consider it a a 10 because of how well it be do and how funny the script can be and while not really be a straight comedy kind of film . i like it so well that i buy it on dvd because it just doesn not get show very much on cable tv . now and it all mine .