The Real Howard Spitz
The Real Howard Spitz
| 28 August 1998 (USA)
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Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.

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Diagonaldi

Very well executed

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Roy Hart

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

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Guillelmina

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Kayden

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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studioAT

Kelsey Grammar is beloved as Frasier Crane from Cheers and Frasier so you can see why film makers would want to take advantage of that on the big screen. Sadly this film is not a good one, and despite the best efforts of Grammar, I don't think I laughed very much at all.He is without doubt the best thing in the film though, displaying all of the comic timing and delivery that we came to love on his TV show. The problem is that the film is so slow and the plot uninteresting that Grammar is fighting a losing battle trying to keep it afloat.Amanda Donohue adds very little and as she did in Liar Liar only acts as a straight person to the comedian.If you're a die hard Kelsey fan then you might enjoy it, other than that I'd avoid it.

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MovieAddict2016

I'm not really sure what the point of this was but to be fair it is watchable in a mildly amusing sort of way. Kelsey Grammar is a down-on-his-luck alcoholic who dresses up as a children's TV cow (a la Barney), and in the process begins a friendship with a young girl which he never expected.I rented this movie years ago and enjoyed it for what it was. It's not totally offensive (although some of the innuendo and not-so-subtle sex jokes involving cows and teets might turn off parents from letting their kids watch it) and Kelsey Grammar is always pretty funny.However in the long run I felt as though filmmaker Vadim Jean (whom I've had the pleasure of speaking to and is a really nice guy) didn't really know where to go with the script, it's a mix between adult drama and children's comedy and in that regard it's a mixed bag.Still worth watching if you get a chance, though.

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Rene Schmidig

I had to see this on the British Airways plane. It was terribly bad acting and a dumb story. Not even a kid would enjoy this. Something to switch off if possible.

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Henry Miyamoto

the film would have been enhanced by a better musical score. At times, the score worked against the mood of the film. And at other times, was silent when some mood cue was required.

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