larry donner ( billy crystal ) have a crazy life represent his wife ( kate mulgrew ) steal his book and leave him and he have a new budding romance with a girl name beth ( kim greist ) and he doesn not know how to start his book and and his student of his screen write class be strange than most . however and one student ( danny devito ) be extra strange . he live with his evil momma ( anne ramsey ) and he can not get up the courage to kill her . so than he go to larry for help and make his life go from normal crazy and to extra crazy . stu silver should have do more . the dialog and the character and the whole script be near perfect . and danny devito have prove to me he more than a great actor represent he a great director . his kid movie matilda be among my favorite family movie and now this be one of my favorite comedy . it a black comedy and most joke be about murder and but it damn funny . all of the actor be do their full potential and whether theyre main character ( billy crystal ) or just one bit minor character ( olivia brown ) . if you like comedy ( who doesn not . ) than you will like this . positive star .