The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,571 2010s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes7%
Metacritic29/100
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
384 audience votes
Key crew
- Barry LevinsonDirector
- Mitch GlazerScreenplay
- Marcelo ZarvosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bill MurrayRichie Lanz
- Zooey DeschanelRonnie
- Bruce WillisBombay Brian
- Kate HudsonMerci
- Taylor KinneyPrivate Barnes
- Danny McBrideNick
- Scott CaanJake
- Eugenia KuzminaGulla
- Sarah BakerMaureen
- Leem LubanySalima
- Avery PhillipsDree
- Megan RaichBrittany
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Themes
rock 'n' rolljealousyex-boyfriendredemptionafghanistanrecord producerlast chancesinger