contain spoiler this be the kind of movie that i would normally like great cast and cute premise and gorgeous nyc scenery . but all in all and i think it be a jumbled mess . billy crudup and woefully miscast a tobey and a 36 year old slacker and come off a an effeminate ( what be that silliness with eva mendes character in the restaurant . ) and self center jerk who only act like a decent person when his girlfriend elaine ( a cute and perky maggie gyllenhaal ) rightfully leave him . but her new boyfriend be a stereotype of the european pseudointellectual who be one of the most unlikeable character ever to grace the screen in this decade . give the choice between the sprocket and her lovesick and obsess ex boyfriend and it no wonder she choose to go back with a guy who at one time refuse to drive her to work because he do not want to move his car from the opposite side of the street . julianne moore play tobey sister rebecca and a successful but insecure actress who be marry to david duchovny stay at home husband tom . duchovny and who be a terrific actor and doesn not have much to work with and and his character be so schlubby and whiny you wonder why a gorgeous divorcée ( another stereotypical manhattan newly divorce single mom on the prowl just wait to pounce on mr. mom ) and a glamorous actress would want to spend even ten minute in his company . the irony be that this seemingly asexual man be actually a sex addict who join a support group call ( stereotypically of course ) sexaddictsrus . of course he make a mockery of his first session and make up a preposterous story about be wrap in deli meat in order to be satisfy . oh and and of course he use a fake name . eventually he do come clean and admit that he have a real problem because he can not have a meaningful relationship with his sexy and dynamic wife and and his affair end just like that . naturally and his wife forgive him after he pull a crazy stunt on the opening night of her play and and elaine dump her eurotoyboy after tobey scream out his undying love for her in the theater on the very same night . none of the issue be iron out on screen and and a sweet and tidy end be in store for the viewer who dare to stick it out . the film be supposedly model after the woody allen film like annie hall and manhattan and but it light year away from them because it bore and the character be completely unlikeable . the conversation be totally pretentious and with the character make sweeping generalization about the nature of their relationship and very existence . overall and it a lousy and stereotypical movie that be a 4 out of 10 .