"Goodrich" still feels like it was written by aliens, but it's still a lot more down to earth than the "Home Again" director's previous movie.

Shyer's second film, a man must lean on his eldest daughter from his first marriage after his second wife leaves unexpectedly leaves him with their two young kids.

Unexpected phone rings received in the middle of the night aren’t usually the bearer of good news. In "Home Again" writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer's middling LA-based dramedy "Goodrich," the title character (played by Michael Keaton) learns it the hard way.

Goodrich gets the most mileage, dramatically and comedically, out of Andys personal success, and Keatons performance is the key to that success.