Summary
A group of actors and their casting agents try to find a direction in their lives whilst coming to terms with their personal problems and relationship conflicts.
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 57Audiences 61GoodWatch 58
Tomatometer57%
Audience score65%
IMDb5.7
Box office
45%of its budget back
- Budget
- $4 M
- Worldwide
- $2 M
Worldwide it made back $2 M of the $4 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 2 min
Longer than most comedies, +22 min on the typical 100
typical 100122Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 120 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
+110Released
1998
December 25, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 24
Sean PennEddie
Kevin SpaceyMickey
Robin WrightDarlene
Chazz PalminteriPhil
Garry ShandlingArtie
Anna PaquinDonna
Meg RyanBonnie- GPGianna PalminteriSusie
David FabrizioStore Manager
Kenny VanceSinger
Michaline BabichReceptionist
Elaine Corral KendallTV Anchor
Sharon TayTV Reporter- FSFrank SomervilleTV Anchor
- BJBob JimenezNewscaster
- PMPiers MackenzieDry Cleaner
Penelope AllenDry Cleaner- LRLisa RistorucciCashier
- IHIgor HillerLittle Billy
- CSCurt SkaggsCowboy
- NCNathalie Canessa-WhiteMiranda
- BCBud CoxPriest
- PSPeter SiteriPoet
- LBLaura BrownsonVicki
Directing · 1
- Anthony Drazan Director, Producer
Writing · 1
- David Rabe Screenplay, Theatre Play
Production · 8
- Carl Colpaert Executive Producer
- Frederick Zollo Executive Producer
- Lila Yacoub Executive Producer
- H. Michael Heuser Executive Producer
- Nicholas Paleologos Executive Producer
- David Hamburger Producer
Camera · 1
- Gu Changwei Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Dylan Tichenor Editor
Sound · 2
- Steve Lindsey Original Music Composer
- David Baerwald Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Michael D. Haller Production Design
- Derek R. Hill Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 8
- Mary Claire Hannan Costume Design
- Denise Dellavalle Makeup Artist
- Marta Camer Makeup Artist
- Catherine Childers Hairstylist
- Barbara Olvera Key Hair Stylist
- Lutz Wesemann Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Robin Bonaccorsi Stunt Double
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