The Real Howard Spitz

The Real Howard Spitz is a 1998 family comedy film directed by Vadim Jean, produced by Paul Brooks and written by Jurgen Wolff. Starring Kelsey Grammer, Amanda Donohoe and Genevieve Tessier, it is a Canadian and U.K coproduction. A failed detective writer, Howard Spitz has hit rock bottom until an 8year old girl helps him write childrens books.

Nick Griffiths, writing for Empire film magazine noted that Kelsey Grammer dominates the screen with a masterful blend of selfreferential humour and Frasierstyle sarcasm despite having to spend much of the film dressed as his bovine protagonist. He concluded that The script often threatens to plunge into family film saccharine, but is saved by Jeans assured direction, a performance well beyond her years from Tessier and an often hysterically funny turn from McKenna as moronic actor.

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