Novocaine

“Getting to the root of the problem is like pulling teeth.”

In the Chicago area, dentist Frank Sangster (Steve Martin) runs a tidy practice and is engaged to his hygienist Jean (Laura Dern). Then Susan (Helena Bonham Carter), a patient with a taste for prescription drugs, talks her way into his chair and his files. David Atkins builds a tangled, sweaty alliance between Frank and Susan, as a murder suspect and the woman who put him there.