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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Michael Kalesniko (written by)
Release Date:
5 March 2003 (France) more
Tagline:
One man's pet is another man's peeve.
Plot:
Shy, chain-smoking, insomniac Peter McGowan is an L.A. playwright with a string of hits that preceded his current ten years of failed productions... more | add synopsis
Awards:
6 wins more
NewsDesk:
Toronto Film Festival Grows Even Bigger
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 23 August 2000)
User Comments:
Intelligent Comedy, Worth Watching more (43 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kenneth Branagh | ... | Peter McGowen | |
| Robin Wright Penn | ... | Melanie McGowen | |
| Suzi Hofrichter | ... | Amy Walsh | |
| Lynn Redgrave | ... | Edna | |
| Jared Harris | ... | False Peter | |
| Peter Riegert | ... | Larry | |
| David Krumholtz | ... | Brian Sellars | |
| Johnathon Schaech | ... | Adam | |
| Kaitlin Hopkins | ... | Victoria | |
| Suzy Joachim | ... | Allana | |
| Brett Rickaby | ... | Janitor | |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Trina Walsh | |
| Derek Kellock | ... | Amy's Father | |
| Stacy Hogue | ... | Babysitter | |
| Peri Gilpin | ... | Debra Salhany |
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Also Known As:
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Australia) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
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France:107 min
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Iceland:L | France:U | USA:R | UK:15 | Australia:M
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Quotes:
Edna:
You look just like my son-in-law.
Peter McGowan:
I am your son-in-law, Edna.
Edna:
My son-in-law's name is Peter.
Peter McGowan:
No. I said your name was Edna. My name is Peter.
Edna:
You just said your name was Edna... Edna's a funny name for a man. Been teased over the years?
Peter McGowan:
Mercilessly. "Pete."
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References "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) more
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Don't Sleep in the Subway more
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I liked this movie - for a change we have here an intelligent comedy, smart dialogs, a conventional story that succeeds to almost never fall in the romantic routine. The story is set in Los Angeles. A British-American play-writer goes through a mid-life, mid-career, mid-relationship crisis. He is happily married, but the couple is childless, mostly probably because he is a champion of egocentrism and does not seem to like children very much. All this changes when a neighbor with an eight-year old daughter moves in. You have indeed seen the story in many other movies, but the masterful acting of Branagh with good support from the rest of the team, the sarcastic description of the content-empty life in the artistic circles in Los Angeles, and the witty relationship between the European roots of the character and his Americanized life make the film both interesting to watch, as well as true in message. 8 out of 10 on my personal scale.