Debbie Bender is a New Jersey housewife whose husband gives her a gun for self-protection; soon her life is turned upside down when their cute but wacky neighbor Skippy "borrows" it.

Diane Lane
as Debbie Bender

James LeGros
as Skippy

Tess Harper
as Kimmy Hayes

Bruce Altman
as Irwin Bloom

Maddie Corman
as Myra

Bill Raymond
as Andrew

Stephen Collins
as Gerald Bender

Suzzy Roche
as Checkout Girl

Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Chris

Patti Chambers
as Janice Phee