Her job on the line, a hard living rock journalist/professional groupie (does Toni Colette ever tire of accolades?) is assigned a cover story on her ex: a legendary, famously AWOL Seattle musician. Co-screenwriter Emily Wachtel’s semi-autobiographical debut regularly teeters hard in the direction of chick flick: a BFF to console her and at least a half-dozen wacky peripheral characters who serve no purpose other than to add a dollop of quirkiness before making a hasty retreat. Thomas Hayden Church is dropped into the proceedings as a trust fund baby with a Thurston Howell drawl and a desire to become a documentary filmmaker — his latter hobby becoming a running subplot that yields a few chuckles. The neon-glazed offices of the fictional STAX Magazine wins this year’s award for best set design. SPOILER ALERT: four golden minutes of Johnny Depp, reminding us of a once sweet Grape. (2013) — Scott Marks
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