is a 1982 American autobiographical film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Israel Horovitz and starring Al Pacino.

The stage producer lies to the investors, claiming that popular film actress Alice Detroit has signed to play the lead on Broadway.

He finds her painting on a snowy dock with her new boyfriend, where she resists his efforts to force her to return for the good of the children.

Realizing her selfishness, Ivan leaves her in Gloucester, returns to New York City, and promises his stepchildren that they will always have a home with him.

"I felt there was a lot of room to explore the ease with which people get married in this country, the way kids come along in huge bunches and the irresponsibility of parents in taking care of those children.

"[3] Horovitz made the protagonist Armenian American so that the character would have a strong ethnic identity parallel to his own Jewish background.

He wrote, "The brood is composed of the most appalling set of exhibitionistic child actors this side of Eight Is Enough", and he felt "that this comedy is not funny is bad enough; that it is resolutely and maliciously anti-female is unforgivable".

"[8] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was also unimpressed, giving the film two stars out of four, and prompting him to ask, "What's Pacino doing in this mess?

[10] Critic Leonard Maltin, however, gave the film a warm review, awarding it 3 stars out of 4, calling it a "slight but winning comedy".

Pacino was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.