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FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

MovieHoliks Having been a life-long fan of Al Pacino, I sometimes wonder why considering THIS movie was my introduction to the actor. I'm guessing because this was one of the few non-rated R movies he did; and it came out when I was a kid. I remember watching this on cable TV a few times, and just noticed it on Netflix again here recently, so thought I'd give it another watch after all these years- for old times' sake. Back then, Pacino sorta reminded me of comedian Richard Lewis or something-?? LOLIn the 1982 film "Author Author", directed by Arthur Hiller, Pacino played a playwright with kids from multiple marriages, dealing with his play that's just about to open, as well as his wife (Tuesday Weld) leaving him, and a new woman in his life (Dyan Cannon) not sure she wants to jump into a relationship with a guy with so many kids! LOL There are things about this movie I enjoyed- particularly Pacino's relationship with the kid actors on screen. They have great chemistry. The movie does do a good job of showing this character (who I believe was partially based on a real guy) juggling all these things in his life. I heard the real story was a bit darker- and they had to tone things down for this movie-?? Hmmm.. might THAT have made for a better, more interesting piece- AND character for Pacino to play-??And I saw at Wikipedia, this movie won (or was nominated) it's share of "Razzie" Awards- including Pacino for "Worst Actor"- and THAT SONG- OMG- "Coming Home to You's Like Coming home to milk and cookies..."???!!! WTF were they thinking when they concocted that horrific melody???!! LMAO Alan King, Bob Elliott and Richard Belzer co-star.NOTE: In Pacino's defense, his next film was 1983's "Scarface"...LOL

leplatypus If you want to know why Pacino is my favorite one, just watch this little movie! OK, this isn't a great drama, the action is scarce, the story seems a bit forgotten, the start is low, but Paccino shines all along.As in the "Godfather" or "Carlito's Way", he is at his best when showing contradictions: he can be very confident and persuasive and in the same time, totally lost and unsure: an American "Romain Duris", my french favorite! With this split, comes his famous broken voice and his legendary angers: terrible and with a minimum of moves! Here, he is a writer but in need of recognition, a good father but a bad husband! And it happens in his town, New-York (try to count his movies outside the big apple and you've got only a handful!).And icing on the cake: First, the kids! they are funny and it would be interesting to see if they got a career! And a time-travel for 25 years! It is always a surprise to see how those 80's movies seems very old now!

pecaro0518 I love this movie because it's a true "feel-good" movie. The kids in the movie certainly steal the show, making us laugh over and over again. We can all relate to some or all of the kids as we're taken back in time to the early 80's. Their innocent insights to grown up situations, as well as their comedic delivery make for a very funny movie. Al Pacino (the author!) leads us through this movie as the caring father of this group of kids, sometimes funny, sometimes serious, but always loving, and you simply can't go wrong with Al Pacino! Alan King's dry humor adds a really nice touch to the movie. Take the time to watch this movie with your family, it'll warm all your hearts! My husband and I need to replace our worn out copy, which we never tire of watching over and over.

Howlin Wolf Even "Cruising" suited you better than this, and I naively thought that was you hitting rock-bottom. I suppose had I glanced at the respective CV's of both the writer and director before viewing, that should have been enough to give me a slight clue (Pacino teams with writer of "See no Evil, Hear no Evil"- Yeah, I can see why that somehow won't be on any re-release posters!); but nothing could have reasonably prepared me for the mind-numbing awfulness that is this film.The synopsis I read promised something of a 'comedic' turn from the esteemed leading man; Sure, if 'comedic turn' is a handy insider euphemism for 'rancid heap of vomit-inducing mush'... ... It's criminal to see such a talented performer marooned in a vehicle so abject as this; a picture that even an individual noted for their generosity in spirit would shrink away from and crawl fearfully back to watching 'sitcom-lite'. It's so bland that this colourlessness becomes an insulting element in itself. What meagre humour there is is so desperate to generate any kind of reaction that it resorts to mining attempted chuckles from child-abuse, of all topics. Not just edging toward, but apparently happily camped in 'distasteful' territory, I'm sure most of you will agree... This kind of trash deserves the misfortune of a Z-grade celeb saddled with 'headlining' it - not the finest actor of his generation. If you've ever had a burning, deeply shameful and dirty desire to see Al Pacino in a "Home Alone" flick; don dark glasses to rent this, watch it ONCE only and then commit yourself to good deeds for the rest of your natural days. Or failing that, just 'commit' yourself! Dreck like this is mercifully likely the closest our society will come to the realisation of such a hideous nightmare; until Satan decides to sublet Hell as a skating rink, that is!I'm convinced this title is a hidden subliminal insert from a worried distributor, drawn from the wailing of a traumatised audience member dragged raving from a test-screening. His mostly incoherent babble was meant as the beginning of a tirade against the scripter for being so callously inhumane as to subject him to this utter pap.I refuse to believe that "Revolution"; the film that kept Al Pacino away from our cinema screens for four years (85-89), can possibly be any worse than this; but shudderingly I think that I might once have possessed the brashness to say the same about "Cruising" when THAT review was in genesis, too... Imagine waking in the morning to the horrified surprise of finding a neighbour had laid a bowel movement on your doorstep. Maybe this will help you to partially assimilate my reaction as I sat and watched "Author! Author!" unfold before my disbelieving and silently weeping eyes. Thus I know not to so casually prejudge "Revolution" before I see; because until this morning I thought I'd see nothing more heinous from Pacino than "Cruising"... It was a brighter world at that time, untainted by such pure evil in celluloid form - but alas, now my relative innocence has been snatched away from me, and I have experienced the toxicity of some things that writers and directors are capable of dredging up from the fetid cesspools that must surely constitute their minds...Run now, while you can. Save yourselves from such a pile of insipid garbage. A klaxon-call if ever there was one, and you can quote me on it, if you wish...1/10.