[2][3] The cast includes Heslov himself in the main role, George Clooney[4] and Jennifer Aniston.
[4] The actual Heslov's audition for Woody Allen lasted "about one minute", he reported, and he didn't get the part.
"[11] The film was described as "reasonably clever" and "constructed in the tone of an Allen feature" with the actors "giving amusing renditions of themselves".
[10] According to Rachel Abramovitz in the Los Angeles Times, the featurette is "a kind of actor’s anxiety dream about auditioning for Woody Allen, inspired by his own experience.
[11] The character of the impotent actor[13] played by Heslov presents "neuroses that rival those of the Oscar-wiinning filmmaker", allowing the short to take "unexpected turns".