The read
A Balasaur Score of 41 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 11%, Metacritic 32/100. Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,368 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
221 audience votes
Key crew
- Rob ReinerDirector
- Jeremy LevenWriter
- Marc ShaimanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Luke WilsonAlex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
- Kate HudsonEmma Dinsmore / Ylva / Elsa / Eldora / Anna
- Sophie MarceauPolina Delacroix
- David PaymerJohn Shaw
- Lobo SebastianBobby / Flamenco Dancer #1
- Chino XLTony / Flamenco Dancer #2
- Rob ReinerWirschafter / Marty Van Buren
- Cloris LeachmanGrandmother
- Alexander WauthierAndre Delacroix
- Leili KramerMichele Delacroix
- Rip TaylorPolina's Farther
- Gigi BerminghamMadame Blanche
