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Rated: R; Genre: Comedy; With: Cher and Chazz Palminteri

By Melissa Pierson

Perhaps it was the bunny slippers on Cher's feet (that certainly did it for me). Anyway, something in the ad dissuaded moviegoers from committing to this comedy about a faithless husband (a wan-looking Ryan O'Neal) who hires a hitman (Chazz Palminteri) to relieve him of his marital burden (Cher). Although Faithful's video box offers the same strained whimsy as the movie poster — and the script, by Palminteri, contains some truly duh moments — this reasonably funny and ably acted distraction deserves a second chance. Just don't expect big guffaws or deep implications. And don't expect to see those silly slippers, either. B-

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Posted Aug 23, 1996

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