i tried hard not like this movie without succeeding .
it contains parts of bringing up baby , any hepburn / tracy film , part of the plot of war games , cary grant and rosalind russell in his girl friday , elevator shaft action , train action , and murder .
it is cute , funny , suspenseful
( a little bit ) , sexy ( a little bit ) .
one of the bad guys was a surprise .
the pace is fast enough , there are some " action " scenes .
i think that this is a reasonable family summer movie for families with older kids who have already seen maverick .
julia roberts and nick nolte are fine separately and together .
i really identified with the julia roberts character ( wishful thinking , i know ! ) , but i do have better hair !
her hair , a very dull dark brown , has no color .
she could use some highlights .
they both do fine with their roles : he 's a bored columnist with the chicago chronicle and she 's a hotshot " cub " reporter with the chicago globe .
they have great fun trying to out scoop each other to solve one case throughout this movie .
i like the one story focus
.
other actors include charles martin smith as roberts ' boss , olympia dukakis as nolte 's coworker , nora dunn also with the chronicle , and marsha mason as a congresswoman .
basically this movie is reasonably fun .
there is a serious mystery to solve , and
i enjoyed following a fun couple solving the mystery .
it is a pleasant change of pace from movies that take themselves seriously .
i do give successful comedy high marks .
a reasonable family summer movie was a surprise i really identified with it is cute , funny , suspenseful a pleasant change of pace i enjoyed following a fun couple this movie is reasonably fun they both do fine with their roles are fine separately and together i like the one story focus