Jake's Women (1996)

A writer (Alan Alda) is suffering from psychosis. He mentally projects the women in his life, both living and dead, into his real life and talks to them. He can't help himself. This causes problems when dealing with the real women in his life particularly his estranged wife (Anne Archer). Based on the play by Neil Simon and directed by Glenn Jordan (ONLY WHEN I LAUGH). Neil Simon hitting rock bottom! It ran on Broadway for just 245 performances in 1992 which isn't great for a Neil Simon play which usually ran for a year or more. It wasn't even made into a theatrical film as was the norm for Simon's plays, it was made for television. The play and film's protagonist has serious psychological problems but rather than being disturbed, Simon wants us to find him witty as he tosses off his Simon punchlines. Unfortunately, the one liners are a paltry lot and worse, Alan Alda gives a tiresome performance, a retread of most of his film comedy performances from THE FOUR SEASONS to SAME TIME NEXT YEAR. Only Julie Kavner as his sister manages to squeeze a laugh or two out of the mediocre material. With Mira Sorvino, Joyce Van Patten, Lolita Davidovich and Kimberly Williams.