The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality, befriends a talented young New York street singer Emma Payge. Together, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
165 audience votes
Key crew
- Billy CrystalWriter
- Alan ZweibelWriter
- Billy CrystalDirector
Cast
- Billy CrystalCharlie Burnz
- Tiffany HaddishEmma Payge
- Penn BadgleyRex
- Laura BenantiFrancine
- Louisa KrauseCarrie
- Dierdre FrielMarge
- Alex BrightmanJustin
- Matthew BroussardRoger
- Max Gordon MooreBrad
- Susan PourfarPaula
- Gianmarco SoresiLenny
- Sarah StilesSarah
Stills
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Themes
absurdadmiringambiguousambivalentamusedappreciativeassertiveaudaciousawestruckbaffledempatheticenchant