He himself is unsure whether to be Jack Lemmon or John Cleese, but the sublime Michelle Williams holds the screen magnetically with her dewy-eyed channelling of the young Shirley MacLaine.
With the adultery scandals of former New York Gov. Spitzer and South Carolina Gov. Sanford as well as President Bill Clinton and presidential hopeful John Edwards playing out on a national stage in recent years, producers Robert and Michelle King and their cast have had plenty to draw from.