很好笑融合动画、结构节奏很像剧情片、vo个人色彩鲜明“I married your mother twenty minutes before I decided to marry her. I did all the talking, she didn’t say anything before the wedding, but she wouldn’t shut up after.” “At my wedding, a woman said to me you’re so wonderful, if you have a better bio picture, you’d be my daughter-in-law now.” “The Petals convention”
Michael Mann完成度超高的长片处女作视听上与《妈妈的朋友》基本定义了neo noir的美学(剧组租了一辆6万加仑容量的水车来保持街道潮湿)虽然剧本偏弱但对作案细节的描绘相当详尽片方雇了出狱不久的珠宝大盗John Santucci担任技术指导(因为原著作者还在狱中服刑)他本人还在片中扮演了追捕主角的意裔警察而出演打手的Dennis Farina其实是当时芝加哥的现役警员Santucci后来还参与了曼主导的《聚色导航网址》等剧集到90年代没戏可拍就重操旧业并于1994年再次因行窃入狱