this movie be absolutely excellent and so under rat i can hardly believe it . the new york police department be try to catch a serial killer whose victim be all men who have place lonely heart advert with rhyme poem . everyone think these crime be be commit by a psychopathic woman so the nypd place an ad of their own and 2 detective ( play by al pacino and john goodman ) pose a lonely heart and try to snare the murderer . what elevate this film beyond the norm be the fantastic chemistry between pacino and goodman and the anguish driving pacino character . he play a divorced detective who probably lonely than most of the people who place such advert and fall madly in love with ellen barkin and the prime suspect . to say any more would spoil thing so watch it for yourself and it a great movie .