

Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.
Keywords: tmdb.detective, tmdb.children-s-book, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.jew, imdb.abandoned-by-father, imdb.children-s-book-writer + 28 more, imdb.jewish, imdb.man-hires-an-actor-to-impersonater-him, imdb.single-mother, imdb.reference-to-pregnancy, imdb.debt, imdb.writer-s-block, imdb.search-for-father, imdb.reference-to-a-self-help-manual, imdb.one-liner, imdb.embarrassment, imdb.8-year-old-girl, imdb.writer, imdb.cow-detectivec, imdb.abandoned-by-husband, imdb.ex-private-detective, imdb.los-angeles-california, imdb.man-dislikes-children, imdb.literary-agent, imdb.actor, imdb.library, imdb.chance-encounter, imdb.ends-with-outtakes, imdb.man-girl-relationship, imdb.precocious-girl, imdb.cathy-cow-chaacter, imdb.8-year-old, imdb.out-of-money, aspectratio.1-85-1
Production companies: Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, Metrodome Films, The Mob Film Company