"A career crowning performance...Langella commands our deepest attention from first frame to last." - Scott Foundas, Variety
Great performances by a stellar cast capture the intellectual and sexual tension between an esteemed novelist and professor and an ambitious 24-year-old graduate student (Lauren Ambrose), whose personal mission is to promote his work into America’s literary pantheon. Frank Langella is perfect as the proud and emotionally remote author who is flattered, but distracted by the student’s intensity and affection. Lili Taylor plays the professor’s daughter who is working through her own personal crisis as she assists her lionized father during a time of transition for them both. Rated PG-13. 111 minutes.