This tale about a successful playwright and a vitriolic theater critic begins on a strenuously schematic note, as Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) dashes from taxi to taxi, serendipitously crossing paths with the rest of the story's players, and descends into a tangle of heavily symbolic nonsense. The author of a string of popular hits, Nicky has poured his heart into a deeply personal play about his difficult relationship with his blue-collar father. Unfortunately, it debuts at Broadway's Music Box Theater the same day Nicky's beloved Red Sox are playing the Mets in game six of the World Series, October 25, 1986. And the conflict is far from his only problem: His wife (...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
83 mins