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Release year: 2006

Storyline

A slacker is forced to work for his father-in-law after his pregnant wife steps away from her high-paying job.

Top credits

Directors

Jesse Peretz

Writers

Cast

Zach Braff — Tom Reilly
Amanda Peet — Sofia Kowalski
Charles Grodin — Bob Kowalski
Jason Bateman — Chip Sanders

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Did you know

• Charles Grodin's first film role in 13 years.

• In an interview with Creative Screenwriting magazine, the screenwriters, David Guion and Michael Handelman, virtually disowned the film. Guion said "That movie was a bit of a cautionary story for screenwriters in terms of that it was a movie that struggled a little bit and didn't test well initially, and the financiers panicked and said, 'We better show a lot of people getting hit in the balls.' It was unfortunate because the director, Jesse Peretz, is great and very talented, but the movie was ultimately taken out of his hands."

• This film reunited Mia Farrow and Charles Grodin after playing patient and doctor in Rosemary's Baby (1968).