Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.
Directed by Curtis Hanson
adultery
infidelity
robbery
based on novel or book
police
pennsylvania, usa
winter
midlife crisis
professor
college
liar
coming of age
marijuana
snow
writer
university
drugs
dog
bisexual man
drag
pittsburgh, pennsylvania
gay theme
small town america
Rank
#41 in 2000·#2844 overall
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Cast
Michael Douglas
Grady Tripp
Tobey Maguire
James Leer
Frances McDormand
Sara Gaskell
Robert Downey Jr.
Terry Crabtree
Katie Holmes
Hannah Green
Rip Torn
Q
Jane Adams
Oola
Michael Cavadias
Miss Sloviak
Richard Thomas
Walter Gaskell
Alan Tudyk
Sam Traxler
Philip Bosco
Emily's Father
George Grizzard
Fred Leer
Crew
Curtis Hanson
Director
Steve Kloves
Screenplay
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer
Dede Allen
Editor
Dante Spinotti
Director of Photography
Scott Rudin
Producer
Curtis Hanson
Producer
Ned Dowd
Executive Producer
Carol Fenelon
Music Supervisor
Michael Chabon
Novel
Jay Hart
Set Decoration
Jeff Imada
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
218 reviews
May
10.0★ · 04/20/26
This was such a comfort movie and in some aspects it reminds me of dead poet society in the best way possible
This was such a comfort movie and in some aspects it reminds me of dead poet society in the best way possible
Clayton200167
8.0★ · 04/05/26
Slow to start but you eventually fall in love with this really weird cast of characters. Plus I'm a sucker for movies about a writer.
Slow to start but you eventually fall in love with this really weird cast of characters. Plus I'm a sucker for movies about a writer.
alice
8.0★ · 03/26/26
Ngl I only watched this movie cause I saw the clip with Tobey Maguire and Rdj on the bed I'm a huge marvel fan but the movie was actually pretty good
Ngl I only watched this movie cause I saw the clip with Tobey Maguire and Rdj on the bed I'm a huge marvel fan but the movie was actually pretty good
