Another movie which features a tortured writer is Sideways. Paul Giamatti plays the misunderstood sad sack with the 1000 plus page manuscript that is rejected by a big time agent.
He finds redemption in the love of a good woman who reads the doorstop and proclaims it brilliant. And this is where I check out.
Brilliant? Well, maybe. Publishable? I hope after the lights went up, the gorgeous blond sweetly suggested over another pinot that he would do well to cut the work in half.
