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I think James L. Brooks is one of the worst directors in the history of film. Christ, it was almost impossible to get through this movie without hating everyone on Earth because I had to blame somebody for this movie ever getting made.

How melodramatic and inane can you get? How can three characters (one of which being the great Holly Hunter) but so stinking unlikable.

I guess it doesn't help casting two of the most stunted, unlikable people in Hollywood: Albert Brooks and William Hurt.

Hurt I could care less for. Brooks I hate. He's not funny. He can't act. He can't be taken seriously. What's his value? Curly hair? Being a pretentious motherfucker who can never fight for what he wants (Hunter, an anchor position). What a hollow and unwelcoming actor.

This movie plays like a bad Neil Simon play. Or an even worse after school special. How anyone likes this film boggles the mind.

And the tagline: "It's the story of their lives." What the fuck does that even mean?