Louis CK pushed things to the edge, and continues to do so, but the content and timing of this one was not idea. Ten years earlier it might've been okay but who knows.
It's very Woody Allen, specifically Manhattan with its black and white widescreen photography, classical music, show business milieu, romancing actresses, being interested in the sex lives of young girls With John Malkovich as a Woody Allen style director - acclaimed as a genius, charming, funny, with a reputation as someone into young girls accused of being a molesterer. Apparently Woody Allen was offered the lead but turned it down. Malkovich plays him more as a Polanski type figure (I sense a European actor would've worked better in the role but Malkovich gives off that sensibility).
There's a scee where Charlie Day mimes masturbating to the thought of the actress played by Rose Byrne - while Louis CK and Edie Falco are in the room. That's a little close to the bone. Anther scene has Rose Byrne going is it so bad if his daughter is with Malkovich? Plenty of things to discuss.
The cast also includes Edie Falco (as a very recognisable type - the put upon overworked producer), Pamela Adlon (kind of a cameo as CK's ex), Helen Hunt (CK's other ex), Chloe Grace Moretz (daughter), the voice of Albert Brooks. That's a hell of a cast.
I laughed a few times. Felt uncomfortable in other places. The parenting scenes seem to lack a little authenticity Maybe I'm wrong. The story telling is a little iffy - felt not quite enough story, or at least what was there wasn't developed.
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