this should have be good and much good . a former reporter ( susan sarandon ) investigate the murder of a philandering dentist and and the suspect list include the woman he have affair with and their husband and who turn out to be half the people in town . she delve into small town gossip and peyton place type secret and and this put a strain her marriage by anger her husband ( play horribly by edward hermann ) . the writer have no idea how to handle the story and in spite of it great promise and and the film make your average soap opera look like excite adventure by comparison . in spite of a respectable cast and most of the actor just go through the motion ( an exception be mary beth hurt and who be funny but only have a small role ) . the result be an ordeal in tiresome character and boredom .