Authors Anonymous

The only reason to watch this picture is for the novelty value of feeling bad for Chris Klein and/or Teri Polo. To each his own, but my recommendation is "pass."

"Authors Anonymous" proves too kindhearted to stick to its satirical guns; even the documentary conceit recedes when it becomes inconvenient.

"Authors Anonymous" makes the same mistake it chides its characters for: hero worship.

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?

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.

You get the sense that Kanner would benefit from attending a few workshops of her own.

Each of the players comes across as a one-note stereotype with the same kind of behavior going on in practically every scene.

Tiresome ensemble comedy pokes fun at publishing industry.

...Authors Anonymous manages to be sweet-tempered mainly thanks to lead Kaley Cuoco.

Stars Chris Klein and Kaley Cuoco, and is directed by a woman who was once the casting director for MVP: Most Valuable Primate.

Some good performances and amusing insights are undone by a mockumentary format that doesn't fully support them. The stuff that works will ring a few bells for writers, though, and that may make it worth a conditional look.

[...] Perhaps because the fake-doc construct has become so familiar [...] the bar for turning that approach into something fresh and genuinely funny is simply too high for this movie to clear.