Article: 'Way Off Broadway' way off the mark

WAY OFF BROADWAY -- * 1/2 -- Morena Baccarin, Brad Beyer, Forbes March; not rated, probable R (profanity, vulgarity, sex, brief drugs, brief nudity).

"Way Off Broadway" has one thing going for it -- up-and-coming actress Morena Baccarin and her dazzling smile, which could light up just about anything. Anything except this film.

Unfortunately, Baccarin and her smile are stuck in something that doesn't deserve either. This alleged comedy is a predictable, show business-centric ensemble piece -- as if that particular idea hadn't been done before. And as if such a thing would interest anyone outside of show-business circles.

It doesn't help that the film looks and sounds very much like a sitcom, ...

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