Review of Author! Author! (1982) by Jay N — 08 Apr 2010

Wow, this was a bit of a mess actually. Al Pacino plays a playqright who is going through a bit of a midlife crisis. His wife leaves him, he's schlupping his lead actress in his new play, has 5 hungry mouths to feed, and he can't get the 2nd act quite right.

Now, for the purpose of this film to succeed, Al must resolve everything right? Right. Unfortunately, he doesn't as everything just sort of mopes along, some plots are forgotten (Dyan Cannon is totally wasted here) and everything is mishmashed.

Happy ending though, but even that ends awkwardly. Avoid.