Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) is leaving his life in the Bronx for the sunny shores of California and the possibility of working in the movie industry. Thankfully his uncle Phil is in the business and Bobby is hoping that he might give him a leg up in the world of starlets and action heroes. In Hollywood during the 1930s, there is no-one as connected than as super agent, Phil Stern (Steve Carell). As a favour to his sister, Phil gives his nephew a job as an errand boy, not the leg up that Bobby was hoping for, but it is a start. While he works through the network of writers, actors and directors, Bobby becomes infatuated with his uncle’s secretary, Vonnie (Kristen Stewart). Eventually, their relationship grows from friends to lovers with the consideration of one day marrying. Then an interesting wrinkle in both of their pasts leads to a comical and heart-breaking tale of love gone wrong.
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