Run-of-the-mill black comedy (remember when there wasn't a black-comedy mill? when black comedy was a mark of individuality?) about a dentist whose well-ordered existence is disrupted by high-risk sex, illicit drug traffic, and murder. Steve Martin cannot help but lighten it with a tone of just-kidding. And an uncredited Kevin Bacon lightens it further with a conventionally amusing turn as a Hollywood star who butts into the police investigation in the course of researching a role. Deep into it, there's a good moment when Martin, cornered by cops in a seedy motel room, vaults himself into the crawl space over the bathroom ceiling and heads out to wherever it will take him in a plucky attempt at escape. With Laura Dern, Helena Bonham Carter, Elias Koteas, Scott Caan; written and directed by David Atkins. (2001) — Duncan Shepherd
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