Rotten
"Authors Anonymous" proves too kindhearted to stick to its satirical guns; even the documentary conceit recedes when it becomes inconvenient.
Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times
Overview
When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success. Can these lovable misfits achieve their artistic dreams and avoid killing one another in the process?
Director and cast
- Ellie Kanner Director
- Kaley Cuoco as Hannah Rinaldi
- Chris Klein as Henry Obert
- Tricia Helfer as Sigrid Hagenguth
- Jonathan Banks as David Kelleher
- Teri Polo as Colette Mooney
- Jonathan Bennett as William Bruce
- Dennis Farina as John K. Butzin
- Dylan Walsh as Alan Mooney
- Charlene Amoia as Eudora
- Meagen Fay as Maureen
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
"Authors Anonymous" makes the same mistake it chides its characters for: hero worship.
Inkoo Kang, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
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?
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Rotten
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.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
You get the sense that Kanner would benefit from attending a few workshops of her own.
Calum Marsh, Village Voice
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