Adam Goldberg, Amber Valletta, Ben Affleck

Top Hollywood talent agent Jack Giamoro seems to have it all: a successful career, money, a beautiful wife. But, he still feels like something is missing, and so he takes a journal writing class to ex...( read more  read more... )plore his feelings. But when Jack learns his wife Nina is cheating on him with his most important client, his perfect life quickly starts to unravel. Things get even worse when Jack's journal -- which contains secrets that could ruin him personally and professionally -- is stolen by ambitious journalist Barbi. Jack must fight back to hold on to everything he has fought so hard to win, and in doing so he finally achieves the self-insight he was looking for -- and he realizes that only through family can he really find lasting happiness.

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Mike Binder

Release Date: February 7, 2006

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DVD Release Date: February 13, 2007

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  • February 28, 2009
    Not the best film I've ever seen but not the worst either.
    Not quite sure if the role of the father was actually needed but definitely added some comedy to the plot.
  • June 24, 2007
    When Binder misses he misses pretty big... I want to root for Affleck, but there's really just nothing to like about this movie.
  • March 10, 2007
    Pretty good, it had it's funny moments and I always love what Ben does.
  • March 8, 2007
    Rather inert both comedically and dramatically. Affleck tries.
  • October 2, 2009
    It is ok to check it if there is nothing else to watch but it is a movie that I would not recomment. It has some positive dialogues and some funny situation.
  • September 27, 2009
    I'm not quite sure what to think of this movie. It has its funny moments and emotional sides, a little bit of everything. It was ok i guess.
  • September 24, 2009
    Top Hollywood talent agent, Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck), seems to have it all: a successful career, a lot of money, a nice car, a beautiful wife, etc. However, while pursuing success, he somehow lost himself and neglected his marriage. He decides to take a journal writing class to...( read more) do some self-searching. Jack's seemingly perfect world starts to unravel when he learns that his wife, Nina (Rebecca Romijn), is cheating on him with his most important client. Things get worse when Barbi (Bai Ling), an ambitious journalist, steals Jack's journal, which contains secrets that could ruin him personally and professionally. Jack is forced to fight for everything he has worked so hard to achieve and in doing so, he attains the self-insight he was looking for. Ironically, by realizing that there is more to life than work, he begins to focus on what's most important in his life.
  • September 1, 2009
    got this film free with a newspaper and it turned out not to be too bad. a well know cast have been put together to tell this tale of mid-life crisis. it started a bit weak but got better as the characters developed.
  • July 31, 2009
    NO LA VOLVERÍA A VER. BASTANTE LATOSA.
  • April 26, 2009
    Never even heard of this one before I stumbled across it on TV. glad I did found it had a lot of funny points.

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  • gabrielhortencio
    April 25, 2007
    O filme é legal, os atores estão em pura sincronia, é uma comédia com uma mensagem a passar e não um besterol, acho o estilo comédia dramatica bastante interessante e esse filme tras essa comédia, depois de menina dos olhos, que é uma comédia romântica o atpr Ben Afleck ficou muito bem no papel nesse filme, a história é divertida e te faz pensar sobre a vida, é bem interessante para quem gosta de filmes com um bom enrredo e que te faça pensar esse é um bom filme!

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