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Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. His tramp wife is leaving him, leaving him as well with four children from her previous marriages plus his own son. And his lead actress wants to move in with him but isn't used to kids.... (Full plot summary below)

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Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. His tramp wife is leaving him, leaving him as well with four children from her previous marriages plus his own son. And his lead actress wants to move in with him but isn't used to kids.

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The New York Times - 6/10 by Janet MaslinHiller makes this warm, friendly and sometimes cute, but he doesn't make it move very quickly.
Miami Herald - 5/10 by Terry KelleherA movie that's too patently "heart-warming" for its own good, and boasting one of the most revolting title-songs of all time.
Chicago Sun-Times - 5/10 by Roger EbertAuthor! Author! is never even able to establish a consistent attitude toward its characters. It veers uneasily between slapstick and pathos, between heart-rending family conferences and a ridiculous final scene.
User Review - 10/10 by Nicolas AWonderfull movie, the story is truely beaturfull and heartwarming, the performances are all great expecially by Al Pacino, the only 2 bad performances where by those 2 Dickler brothers. I really love the story, Al Pacino has to take care of his son and his other stephsons and -daughters while his wife is leaving him and he has to finish his play. The movie is really underrated, undeserved to, just like Al Pacino his other unnderrated movies like Scarecrow, Panic in needle parc, Frankie & Johnny this is also a top one. Altho there's some failed comedy init, it doesnt destroy the scene, its not like a scene is based on just one joke but its the story who makes it.
User Review - 10/10 by Tanya PAll time favorite. The kids in this film are great, and I usually hate kids in films.
User Review - 10/10 by Bob Sreally good movie, kinda funny too, love the kids
User Review - 10/10 by Miranda BThis was a very underrated film. It had a unique storyline, great casting and was very entertaining. Al Pacino is a great actor and hit the mark in this film as a playwright, husband, and father struggling to keep it together when his wife, who has severe commitment issues, decides that she is ready to move on and leaves him as well her 4 children from previous marriages behind to start anew. Many criticized it's release in '82 for it's use of overacting kids and cheeky dialogue akin to Eight is Enough, but I think the kids were spot on. These aren't normal children who grew up in a stable environment. They had to grow up quickly, adjust, and adapt because of their mothers wacked out issues w/ being a wife or a parent. Throughout the movie the children try to warn Ivan over and over again that he is setting himself up for heart break and failure when trying to win back their mother. One of the kids said it best, "When she goes...she goes." The young actors portrayed these damaged and complicated characters very well. Ivan (Pacino), being orphaned as a child, knew what it was like to be abandoned and was the only one who could truly understand where these kids were coming from. He wasn't perfect (but who is) and had a lot of his own person demons he was dealing with, but no matter what was going on, his love for those kids(who weren't even his), and their love for him was unstaggering and unconditional. It was exactly what they all needed. And in the end all they really needed was each other. "As long as I got a house, you guys got a house..." ~Ivan
User Review - 10/10 by ANDY Rfunny parts of this movie. is the birthday part and the ending reviews i had the ending done to me once.
User Review - 10/10 by Jannat Pgreat family movie I always saw Al as a hard character but this movie changed my view about him
User Review - 10/10 by Laura Ri absolutly LOOOVEEE this movie. great qoutes and pacino looks real good in the movie.

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