this be very funny and even if it fell apart a little at the end . do not go overboard with homage after to hitchcock owen ( danny devito ) be lucky he have stranger on a train playing at the local cinema and so the movie flat out tell you that that be the inspiration . devito be very funny but also a little sad . he have no friend and all he want to do be write and have someone like his writing . his teacher and billy crystal and be go through some serious writer block of his own and his wife have steal his book and make it her own success and which also have him frustrate a great deal . best part be the book proposal by mr. pinsky ( one hundred girl i would like to pork ) and all scene with anne ramsey and who be so horrible that even mother theresa would have want to kill her and too .