Ms. Ephron's Mike McAlary is a hard-drinking tough-guy Irish reporter who lets fame and money go to his head and turns into a jerk, and Mr. Hanks, here as always, is too ingratiating ever to let himself become truly unlikable.

WSJ: The Who-Cares Test | 'Lucky Guy' | Mike McAlary |Nora Ephron | Tom Hanks | George C. Wolfe | 'Kinky Boots' | Harvey Fierstein | Cindy Lauper | By Terry Teachout