Rob Lowe stars in this uneven attempted screwball comedy as Richard Dice, the college dropout who comes back home to St. Augustine, Florida to get his act together. He is selected for jury duty and falls for the defendant Molly Gilbert (
Colleen Camp), a young woman he later recognizes as his grade-school sweetheart. Richard tries to gather the evidence that will lead to her acquittal. He is not alone in his pursuit of an elusive audiotape that recorded the murder for which Molly is on trial. Jessica James plays Richard's mother, who is courted by Freddie Boneflecker (
Rick Jason).
Johnny Cash sings some tunes co-written with
Peter Bogdanovich, one of America's more talented but inconsistent directors. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide