michelle pfeiffer and matthew modine be a joy to watch in this screwball comedy . alec baldwin and who be an up and come star when the film be make and be a hoot . dean stockwell and in a sendup of john gotti and be hysterical . but mercedes ruehl and a the paranoid and over the top connie steal the movie . jonathan demme and previously know for wacky comedy like something wild and melvin and howard prove once again that he be a genius . i be not surprise at all when he go on to win the oscar for direct silence of the lamb . the performance he evoke from his actor in married be inspire and and the audience be take along for a wild and wooly ride . one of the cutest and most endearing film of the 80 and it stand head and shoulder above many of the satire of it era .