this be a great off the wall romantic comedy about love and work and pander to the public taste and and midlife crisis . the main character be a talented movie director who decide to make a silly pg 13 movie to get himself out of hock with the irs . it have an excellent cast and a wide range of humor ( from deadpan to slapstick ) and and fine writing . it also a wry send up of the movie industry . the metacommentary include several excellent cut between reality and the movie that be make and and in some place the film departs from strict realism . the result be a multi dimensional masterpiece of wry midlife humor .