Synopsis
After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's triumphant comeback begins to spiral out of control into a wild night of comic misadventure after meeting struggling actor Spencer (Jesse Plemons) and his old flame Didi (Melinda McGraw).
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Cast
- Jeffrey TamborHarris Chappell
- Melinda McGrawDidi Ravenal
- Jesse PlemonsSpencer West
- Caroline AaronNancy Diamond
- Marcello CacioppoNicholas
- Robert CatriniAlphonso
- Don StarkWolfie
- William Morgan SheppardLarry Lind
- Jill Marie JonesNikki Ross
- Yvonne ZimaSophia Martinelli
Recommendations
- 50
Village Voice
Though it's a big thrill that the world's finest character actor has his very own lead role, one wishes there were more meat on the elegant bones of Meeting Spencer to justify his cheerfully offhand wit. - 50
Variety
Brit helmer Malcolm Mowbray's film assumes the constrictions of a stagebound farce, taking place on a single set in real time, and swept along in magisterially broad strokes by Jeffrey Tambor's playfully theatrical perf. - 50
Boxoffice Magazine
It's pithy and funny in that continuous smile kind of way that you don't notice until you're half way through it. - 40
Time Out
The film feels more stale than timeless. Ditto the movie's rapid-fire dialogue, a stream of self-conscious patter that largely misses its targets and repeatedly takes the zing out of Tambor's zesty line readings. - 40
The New York Times
Isn't quite savvy enough to compete with the slyest entries in that genre or madcap enough to run with the zaniest. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The supporting players are either nondescript or overact to the point of exhaustion. - 38
New York Post
At best a sporadically amusing sketchbook of theater types. - 30
Los Angeles Times
A lame, tedious comedy.