
After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure after meeting struggling actor Spencer (Jesse Plemons) and his old flame Didi (Melinda McGraw).... (Full plot summary below)
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After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure after meeting struggling actor Spencer (Jesse Plemons) and his old flame Didi (Melinda McGraw).
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| Screen InternationalTim GriersonA screwball comedy without nearly enough zest or wit. |
| Mark Leeper's ReviewsMark R. LeeperThe material Mowbray's film is familiar and the characters are thin, but the dialog is crisp and witty. |
| Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellIt's pithy and funny in that continuous smile kind of way that you don't notice until you're half way through it. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA funny and deft portrait of the self-absorbed world of those involved in creating Broadway plays. |
| New York TimesNeil GenzlingerIsn't quite savvy enough to compete with the slyest entries in that genre or madcap enough to run with the zaniest. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMowbray has some fine credits, including "A Private Function," but he and his cast cannot breathe life into such hopeless material. |
| New York PostKyle SmithAt best a sporadically amusing sketchbook of theater types. |