craig lucas film be a piece of pretentious hollywood crap and with the only save grace that of the wonderful patricia clarkson who play the wounded hollywood wife in the film and deliver a very poignant and empathetic performance . from the first scene between peter sarsgaard and robert and and the handsome cambell scott and jefferey and this film doesn not ring true to me a a writer in los angeles and a he head to meet a studio executive in such a nonchalant and unprofessional manner to discuss the purchase of his script the die gaul . that whole office scene be just too silly for word even robert . any writer would die to be in his position and let alone to be so uncaring about his script be sell to a major studio . the usual glamorous malibu setting and sun setting over the blue pacific and that limo ride where everyone be sip champagne to the good life in hollywood once you make it and just seem such a boring cliché . and the scene where jefferey keep say to robert and youre so beautiful and be beyond trite dialog . yes and we all have lose someone we love to death and but the way these character discuss and chat online and deceive one another be not bring any empathy to their story and nor for their audience . and the last scene be not a tear jerker and just a reflection of what deception and lie can create for your downfall . my recommendation and you want a shot of dark hollywood and stick to the intriguing mulholland drive for view and not the die gaul .