Nicky Rogan is a playwright and a die-hard Red Sox fan. On the night of 25 October 1986, his new play is set to open on Broadway, his leading man is having trouble remembering his lines, a savage theater critic hovers in the ether, his daughter tells him that her mother has hired a "prominent" divorce lawyer, and the Bosox can win their first World Series since 1918.Michael Keaton does a nice job as the hapless Bosox fan; Griffin Dunne turns in a good performance as pitiable Elliot Litvak, a playwright destroyed by a scathing review by the critic played by Robert Downey (a marginal character whose presence can be accepted as credible, but whose role is not); Ari Graynor does a pretty good job as Laurel Rogan; Bebe Neuwirth's Joanna Bourne is ridiculous.
Nice film.
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