De Niro, Freeman, and Douglas phone in versions of characters — or, rather, shticks — they've been trotting out for years, but Kline is
lively enough, his enduring charm undimmed by the cringe - worthy
dialogue he's forced to deliver, and Mary Steenburgen is luminous in an underwritten role that sets her up as the shiny object that rekindles past tensions between Paddy and Billy.