Authors Anonymous
After a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers with the motto 'all for one' accept Hannah Rinaldi (Kaley Cuoco) into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success - but that's exactly what they get. While her career takes off, her eccentric and envious colleagues (Chris Klein, Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, Dennis Farina and Jonathan Bennett) struggle to find their own paths to publishing fame and fortune. Tensions rise, rivalries form, and hearts are broken. Rejection turns to desperation. Good thing they're only armed with pens...
14 March 1979, Hinsdale, Illinois, USA
31 January 1947, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
23 July 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 June 1969, Dover, Delaware, USA
11 April 1974, Donalda, Alberta, Canada
17 November 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 June 1981, Rossford, Ohio, USA
29 February 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
June 07, 2014
Each of the players comes across as a one-note stereotype with the same kind of behavior going on in practically every scene.
April 18, 2014
...Authors Anonymous manages to be sweet-tempered mainly thanks to lead Kaley Cuoco.
April 17, 2014
"Authors Anonymous" makes the same mistake it chides its characters for: hero worship.
April 16, 2014
Some good performances and amusing insights are undone by a mockumentary format that doesn't fully support them. The stuff that works will ring a few bells for writers, though, and that may make it worth a conditional look.
April 17, 2014
Not even this movie's foolish characters could fail to notice the irony: there isn't a single moment of creativity in their own story.
April 17, 2014
"Authors Anonymous" proves too kindhearted to stick to its satirical guns; even the documentary conceit recedes when it becomes inconvenient.
April 16, 2014
You get the sense that Kanner would benefit from attending a few workshops of her own.
April 17, 2014
Pulling off a broad satire requires great finesse: If, as in the mockumentary "Authors Anonymous," all of the subjects are idiots, why should we care?
April 29, 2014
Tiresome ensemble comedy pokes fun at publishing industry.
April 15, 2014
[...] Perhaps because the fake-doc construct has become so familiar [...] the bar for turning that approach into something fresh and genuinely funny is simply too high for this movie to clear.
April 18, 2014
The only reason to watch this picture is for the novelty value of feeling bad for Chris Klein and/or Teri Polo. To each his own, but my recommendation is "pass."
April 17, 2014
Stars Chris Klein and Kaley Cuoco, and is directed by a woman who was once the casting director for MVP: Most Valuable Primate.
