The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Herbert RossDirector
- Neil SimonScreenplay
- Marvin HamlischOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Walter MatthauHerbert Tucker
- Ann-MargretSteffy Blondell
- Dinah ManoffLibby Tucker
- Lance GuestGordon
- Michael DudikoffBoy on bus
- Eugene ButlerMarty
- David FaustinoMartin
- Martin FerreroMonte Del Rey
- Tom WrightBaseball Fan
- Art LaFleurBaseball Fan
- Allan GrafBaseball Fan
- Charles ParksBaseball Fan
Stills
Themes
screenwriterstruggling actor