Charlie Hoboken

Chatty, plodding and virtually plotless, this off-kilter crime comedy about an older hired gun and his young partner has moments, but all too often falls wide of its mark. Austin Pendleton stars as Harry Cedars, a middle-aged New Jersey hired gun who's worried that his minimalist m.o. -- keep it clean, simple and safe -- has, along with the rest of his life, become boring. His wife Angie (Tovah Feldshuh) suspects Harry's been listening to sharp-dressed young gun Charlie Hoboken (Ken Garito), who's been urging Harry to throw a little spice -- maybe even a poisoning or two -- into their dull routine. Charlie can afford to be a little reckless: He's got a rich father ...