#james-l-brooks

#james-l-brooks

With the whole world taking the Ella McCay challenge in whatever state they were born and raised, let's take a fond look back at his first major upset, the wonderfully ambitious "I'll Do Anything," in which the WASP romcom was given a one-of-a-kind remake, which scared people so bad they ran into the arms of Woody Allen's dreadful " Eve ryone Says I Love You."

85-year-old James L. Brooks has such an enviable track record as a TV creator (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, The Simpsons), and movie writer/director (Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, As Good as It Gets), that it's hard not to hope for the best when he makes his first feature film in 15 years. Alas, this treacly, tone-deaf dramedy centered on the travails of its titular idealist will be nobody's idea of a good time.