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| 3 | A 2000 BlackComedy film written and directed by Creator/MichaelKalesniko that follows a cranky, chain smoking British playwright (Creator/KennethBranagh) living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Following a decade of flops, he is working on his latest play while his wife (Creator/RobinWright Penn) is determined to have a baby. |
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| 5 | While all this is happening, he starts bonding with a neighbor's daughter (Creator/SuziHofrichter) with mild cerberal palsy and befriends his {{Doppelganger}} (Creator/JaredHarris) who claims to be Peter [=McGown=]. |
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| 7 | The movie also stars Creator/LynnRedgrave, Creator/PeterRiegert, Creator/DavidKrumholtz, and Creator/JohnathonSchaech. |
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| 9 | It was first released on September 16, 2000 in Toronto and then in the United States on February 22, 2002 on limited release. |
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| 11 | !Tropes for the film: |
| 12 | * JadedWashout: Peter, a once successful playwright, is now dealing with a decade's worth of failures and is trying to keep his career afloat. |
| 13 | * OddFriendship: Peter befriends his doppelganger, also named Peter [=McGowan=]. |
| 14 | * {{Tagline}}: "One man's pet is another man's peeve". |
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