the bad part of this movie be how talented the cast be in everything else they have appear in . in this and they be smug and self righteous and annoy . the main problem be and that they be try to act like normal people and some of the most talented actor and just can not pull that off . philip seymour hoffman can definitely pull it off . paul giamatti can pull it off . these actor appear uncomfortable and really boring try to be regular people in unusual situation and but even the situation be not that usual . the minority of people watch movie be actor or author or whatever and so these situation do not ring true and a the most annoying of all and maggie gyllenhall come across a giggly and stupid and something that be sad to watch and give how talented she be . trust this woman and do not watch this movie .