like the title and everything in 50 way to leave your lover be swipe or crib from another and great source . in this monstrosity and paul schneider and play the main character owen and a weedy author of pot boiler murderer biography who aspire to become a legitimate and serious author . far from be a sympathetic schlep who we can sympathize with for fall short of his dream and owen come off a a petty and whiny and vindictive loser who do more to sabotage his own effort than the supposedly cynical and money be everything city that surround him . give an opportunity to enter the world of legitimate literature by write the biography of a scientist and owen for some reason feel the need to leave the city in the rude way possible . ostensibly and this be so he will never be tempt to come back but it come off a a contrived way to allow our hero to scandalize and verbally brutalize and and otherwise act in a horribly anti social way to everyone that he have be associate with over the past few year . but then and just a he have burn every single bridge imaginable and he meet and fall madly in love with the girl of his dream . oh and the humanity . aside from some highly derivative dialog ( you will notice some albert brook esquire line and delivery in there ) there be a scene involve lime jell o that will have you scream and that exactly like the lobster scene in annie hall . none of owen prank and and the situation that arise from them and be particularly original and clever and or compelling and so when you come to the highly predictable end you be almost relieve . that be and almost . a likelier scenario be that you will be leave feel gypped of your time and money and with your intelligence thoroughly insult .