contains spoiler there no way for me to discuss this movie without reveal plot point because the way the script squander it cast and an interesting storyline be what disappoint me most . i would never hear of the film and but any film with peter falk and tyne daly and timothy hutton and etc . should be interesting and right . well and the pity of the movie be that they do start out with an interesting premise . they have actor who radiate intelligence and charm and and because of their past work and carry a lot of goodwill especially with audience who be old enough to want to watch this film because peter falk be in it and not because they want to see freddie prinze and jr. early work . peter falk and tyne daly make a charming and believable married couple . tyne daly speech about some tough time early in their marriage be particularly move . you feel for the lauren holly character . you wish the timothy hutton character would get a clue . there a chance for a slice of life movie about a bookie who as ethical a such a profession will allow him to be and what happen when the vulture want to muscle in a particularly annoying plot point by the way and since falk character have say he retire in a year and we believe him . as soon a the freddie prinze and jr. character take center stage and the movie go wrong . it not prinze fault . he play a cruel and stupid and violent and perverse gangster wannabe whose story arc send the movie in a different and starker and more hopeless direction . it a if i start out watch a movie direct by gary marshall and end up with a movie direct by quentin tarrantino . the lemon drop kid plus the most bleak episode of the sopranos equal this movie . the cast and set up deserve a less nihilistic end . it an end calculate for maximum bum out . it make me sorry that i watch it until the end . the actor be always worth watch . the script should have serve them well .