The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.
Ratings
IMDb5/10
Rotten Tomatoes24%
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
115 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff KanewDirector
- Edward TaylorScreenplay
- David Aaron CohenScreenplay
- Nick ThielScreenplay
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kathleen TurnerVictoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
- Jay O. SandersMurray Ryerson
- Charles DurningDet. Lt. Bobby Mallory
- Angela GoethalsKat Grafalk, Bernard's Daughter
- Nancy PaulPaige Wilson Grafalk
- Frederick CoffinHorton
- Charles McCaughanTrumble
- Stephen MeadowsBoom-Boom
- Wayne KnightSmeissen
- Lynnie GodfreySal
- Anne PitoniakLotty
- Stephen RootMickey