"No one misunderstands you better."
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
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Albert Brooks
John Henderson
Debbie Reynolds
Beatrice Henderson
Rob Morrow
Jeff Henderson
Lisa Kudrow
Linda
John C. McGinley
Carl
Rosalind Allen
Woman at Gas Station
Isabel Glasser
Cheryl Henderson
Anne Haney
Helen
Peter White
Charles
Paul Collins
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