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Author! Author!

1982

Arthur Hiller

Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld, Bob Dishy ...

5.9

559

Comedy. Drama Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. His tramp wife is leaving him, leaving him as well with four children from her previous marriages plus his own son. And his lead actress wants to move in with him but isn't used to kids.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Hiller makes this warm, friendly and sometimes cute, but he doesn't make it move very quickly."	POS
United States	Newsweek	"There's nothing sadder than a movie that tries to be adorable and isn't. Author! Author! tries so hard that the screen seems to sweat."	NEG
United States	TV Guide	"Israel Horowitz's script fails to develop sympathetic adult characters, leaving the children to give the film whatever charm it may have."	NEU
United Kingdom	Jo Berry Empire	"A movie that's too patently 'heart-warming' for its own good, and boasting one of the most revolting title-songs of all time."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Author! Author' is never even able to establish a consistent attitude toward its characters. It veers uneasily between slapstick and pathos (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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