i like billy crystal and and i think it would be fun to watch this film and since i know he admire alan king and they would be funny together . i think i have see all billy movie but couldn not remember this one and and now i know why . it so full of clichés and phony emotion while you can smell each scene come ( and go . ) . billy doesn not even get to be funny very often . he too busy try to cry fake tear or show his angst at how badly his father let him down . alan king himself be fairly likable and a be the subplot about be an extra in the movie . but what a coincidence that billy just happen to visit his father just a a major health crisis take place and etc . etc . or that two busy doctor can just shut down their practice to moon around in la . and when the end come and boy and do it come quickly . almost a though the writer realize they have paint themselves into a corner and the only way out be to do a death scene . mostly disappoint with a few glimmer of good humor .