 Janet Maslin of The New York Times gave the film a negative review , stating that the film " tries anything and everything for effect , and only occasionally manages something marginally funny ; " and " is about as funny as a shrunken head . " Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars , writing that he " would have been more interested if the screenplay had preserved their [ Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis ] sweet romanticism and cut back on the slapstick . " For Keaton 's character , Ebert called him " unrecognizable behind pounds of makeup " and stated that " his scenes don 't seem to fit with the other action . " 
