Peter McGowan is a famous Los Angeles playwright with a lot of problems. He is struggling to overcome a series of flops and trying to come up with a child character for a new play he is writing. What with his wife Melanie's serious urges of motherhood along with her live-in Alzheimer-stricken mother, insomnia and his very own stalker... and worst of all an incessant barking dog.  Starring Kenneth Branagh.