Summary
Tulley, a once-promising literary star now biding his time as an advertising copy editor, moves from cynicism to acceptance as he secretly hopes to write a great novel only to learn that his life of booze will end all too soon. Levine, his best friend and Natalie, the woman who might have saved him, suffer the pain of Tulley's anger and rejection.
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+17)
Critics 38Audiences 55GoodWatch 48
Metascore40
Tomatometer35%
IMDb6.2
User score5.2
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for comedies, −7 min on the typical 100
typical 10093Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2003
January 1, 2003
23 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 5 moreDirecting · 1
- Mike Bencivenga Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Richard Levine Writer
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