men who have answer personal ad in the lonely heart column feature poetry be be find naked and face down on their bed . there be cigarette butt with lipstick on them in their ashtray . detective frank keller ( al pacino ) and along with his sidekick sherman ( john goodman ) and decide to enter their own ad in the lonely heart column and and try to match the killer fingerprint . a great premise that definitely justify make yet another police procedural and this al pacino vehicle win this reviewer over and which be hard to do these day with cop thriller once you see enough they all start to look the same . but here we have get a great script and with some terrific wisecracking cop line and great actor and especially pacino and goodman and sexy ellen barkin which make for a very enjoyable ride . sure the score be a little 80 and and ellen barkin may look back and regret that hair do and but otherwise this be a very successful piece of film . this be largely due to the terrific screen presence of al pacino he such a firecracker . and the hugely enjoyable chemistry between partner pacino and john goodman . they play off each other so well . the dating scene be particularly fun personal highlight for me . and and of course and ellen barkin exudes sensuality . it incredible . the title may sound pulpy and cheap but it for good cause . we find out in the first few minute that it the name of the song the killer be play when the first murder of the film occur . it also ironic the crime ridden world of this film be anything but a sea of love . positive . must see for pacino fan and fan of cop thriller . for everyone else and not essential and but great saturday night fair .