Man About Town (2006)

Director:

Mike Binder

Writer (WGA):

Mike Binder (written by)

Release Date:

8 June 2006 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Welcome to the deep end of a very shallow town.

Plot:

A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down. |

Plot Keywords:

Hollywood | Talent Agent | Diary | Screenwriter | Reference To IMDb

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Jack Giamoro
Rebecca Romijn	...	Nina Giamoro
John Cleese	...	Dr. Primkin
Samuel Ball	...	Jimmy Dooley
Mike Binder	...	Morty
Erica Cerra	...	Sela
Gina Gershon	...	Arlene Kreiner
Adam Goldberg	...	Phil Balow
Howard Hesseman	...	Ben Giamoro
Ling Bai	...	Barbi Ling
Jerry O'Connell	...	David Lilly
Kal Penn	...	Alan Fineberg
Amber Valletta	...	Brynn Lilly
Damien Dante Wayans	...	Lucky Reynolds
Laura Soltis	...	Barbara Giamoro

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexual content and a scene of violence.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | Australia:M | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-13 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Media 8 Entertainment

Goofs:

Continuity: In the part where Brynn Lilly is pretending to be Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992), she is holding a cigarette. Each time the camera changes angles, the cigarette is long, then short, then long, several times.

Quotes:

Nina Giamoro: I just wish I could make you understand how small and how sad it all was. So you'd know how little it all meant.

Movie Connections:

Features "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" (2000)

Soundtrack:

The Sad Song

I liked it but it's not a comedy

I liked the movie. Ben was funny and Rebecca Romijn lovely and very attractive. Both gave a mature performance, and the characters they portrayed were real and convincing. But the movie contained more drama than comedy. A few times I laughed, but overall this movie had a serious message about how to cope with people's imperfection (and your own). Psychological themed movies always are presented as comedy (hence the casting of John Cleese, the neurotic par example) but that's just to make it not too heavy. I liked the message of the movie though. All together the movie is a nice distraction, and some people may learn from it. Especially if you are a fan of Ben, this is a must-see.