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Faithful

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Margaret (Cher) is in the midst of a midlife crisis. Her husband, Jack (Ryan O'Neal), is sleeping with another woman and has hired a thug, Tony (Chazz Palminteri), to murder her for the payout on her life insurance policy. While Tony has Margaret tied up in her house, waiting for word from Jack to pull the trigger, the hit man and the housewife begin chatting to pass the time. As the two talk, Tony starts getting cold feet about the job, while Margaret decides to reevaluate her life.

Critics Reviews

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Mike Clark USA Today 01/01/2000
1.5/4
If I had Diabolique and Faithful in theaters simultaneously, I'd hire a hit man to take myself out. Go to Full Review
Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 01/05/2022
"Why are you telling me this? Who cares?" This dialogue about sums up how I felt about Faithful... Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 01/02/2007
D
What a waste of directing and acting talent; Cher's Oscar for Moonstruck may prove to be a fluke if she continues to make such bad pictures sporadically. Go to Full Review
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 04/09/2005
D+
Victoria Alexander FilmsInReview.com 07/16/2004
1/5
Cher's face doesn't move. Go to Full Review
Leonard Schwarz Palo Alto Weekly 05/20/2003
1.5/4
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Steve D 02/15/2023 Predictable and deeply unpleasant. See more 04/17/2020 I enjoyed it, being a big fan of Cher I have tried to watch every movie she has. This movie is pretty good they are both very funny in this movie, But it's sad that I could only find it on YouTube. Not a lot of people have seen it or heard of it. See more hayley b 03/15/2019 i know this movie didn't do well, but 7%? wow. I can see why this movie isn't for everyone, too much screen time is focused on tony and margaret's conversation in the house and it's not an "action packed" movie like most would have expected, but it simply isn't that type of movie. I thought it was a good film with small flaws. See more 08/30/2018 I certainly can't understand why this film was so harshly judged. The writing really went into the complexities of love/hate in a marriage while also utilizing some comedic and dramatic effects. The problem is that this film was never given the promotion it deserved upon its release. Definitely a must see for anyone in a complicated relationship. See more 07/01/2014 I'm not really sure what happened here. I like the idea of Cher and Chazz and on the occasion when they can work up a rhythm it seems ready to take off but Mazursky's natural rhythms aren't there and one just doesn't lose the thing that you've mined so successfully and for so long. I just don't understand it at all. See more 01/15/2013 cher does okay in an awful film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Margaret (Cher) is in the midst of a midlife crisis. Her husband, Jack (Ryan O'Neal), is sleeping with another woman and has hired a thug, Tony (Chazz Palminteri), to murder her for the payout on her life insurance policy. While Tony has Margaret tied up in her house, waiting for word from Jack to pull the trigger, the hit man and the housewife begin chatting to pass the time. As the two talk, Tony starts getting cold feet about the job, while Margaret decides to reevaluate her life.
Director
Paul Mazursky
Producer
Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro
Screenwriter
Chazz Palminteri
Production Co
Miramax, Price Entertainment, New Line Cinema
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.1M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround