"Ella McCay" is fun and will have you feeling nostalgic. It's worth watching, despite its notable flaws and poor critical reception.

Film fans like to lament, “they don’t make them like they used to,” specifically about the kinds of wry, life-affirming dramedies that director James L. Brooks perfected back in the 1980s and ‘90s, like “Terms of Endearment,

But this time the drama is on the other side of the media-government divide. The titular Ella (Emma Mackey) is a doe-eyed 34-year-old who has managed to become lieutenant governor of her unnamed state,

There are many charming elements, including Jamie Lee Curtis, in the 85-year-old filmmaker's comeback but they don't add up to a convincing movie.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Ella McCay,” now in theaters. From the minute she sets foot into her office as the new lieutenant governor, all eyes are on Ella McCay (Emma Mackey) in “As Good as It Gets” director James L.

Writer-director James L. Brooks all but invented a warm, urbane way of telling complex women's stories, but his first movie in 15 years feels retrograde.

It’s hard to understand how “Ella McCay,” the first original feature from writer-director Brooks in 15 years, goes so utterly haywire.

Emma Mackey stars as an eager politician beset on all sides by personal struggles in a film that rewards serious suspension of disbelief.

Filmed across Rhode Island, ‘Ella McCay’ blends politics and family drama; early screening thrills local crew.

The stars and filmmaker behind "Ella McCay" discuss the film's powerful and timely message, as well as share their evolving thoughts around the business of Hollywood.

Celebrated filmmaker James L. Brooks should have put the pen down before writing this extraordinarily confused story.