Written by Zach Helm like an exercise in writing itself - Will Ferrell (somewhat colourless) hears writer Emma Thompson narrating his life as he ditches dullness and falls in love with cake maker Maggie Gyllenhaal (excellent) instead - smart move.
It all began because we saw Emma on Graham and she reminded us this was her first time with Dustin Hoffman, who plays a literary professor. It had been ten years - another of those films that just slipped through the cracks.
It was odd that Queen Latifah (good) was higher billed than Emma. With Tony Hale.
Shot by Roberto Schaefer, edited by Matt Chesse. very enjoyable ('I've brought you some flours'). Infectious music from Britt Daniel and Brian Reitzell.
Unable to establish the movie they're watching (it isn't credited, oddly):
OK, apparently it's a 1965 Mustang and the film is Lelouch's Un Homme et Une Femme... Did that take some tracking down.
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