A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Acting
Oliver Platt's spectacularly pathetic drunk act steals every scene.
Direction
Harold Ramis's darkest film, unexpectedly cruel and controlled.
Cinematography
Blue-tinted ice storms that make Wichita look like purgatory.
Director
Harold Ramis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ramis fought the studio to keep the bleak ending; test audiences wanted Charlie to get away clean.
This flopped so hard it killed the 'comic director goes dark' trend for a decade—no one let Ferrell try this.
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