Story Line
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
“Undependable. Unpredictable. Unforgettable.”
Top Cast

Michael Douglas
Grady Tripp

Tobey Maguire
James Leer

Frances McDormand
Sara Gaskell

Robert Downey Jr.
Terry Crabtree

Katie Holmes
Hannah Green

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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
2000-02-22
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
ComedyDrama
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User Reviews (2)

Peter McGinn
9/10
•2/8/2021I have to believe I saw this movie a year or two after it came out, but I had no feelings of deja vu as I watched it, so perhaps not. I usually have very little patience for movies about writers because I am one, and I get tired of them bringing up w...

CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/14/2024"Prof. Tripp" (Michael Douglas) hasn't his troubles to seek. He hasn't been able to follow up on his first novel for almost seven years - much to the chagrin of his agent "Terry" (Robert Downey Jr); his third wife has left him and he is about to fath...






