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During a recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) promoting James L. Brooks’s comedic drama “Ella McCay,” someone asked the celebrated filmmaker how confusing it was for the lead actress of his film, Emma Mackey, to bear such a similar name to the character she plays. “I really should have done something about that,” Brooks responded, “but I had lived with the film title for so long I dewcided [sic] to slog along with it.” Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

After watching “Ella McCay,” you have to wonder whether he felt that way about writing the screenplay, as well. Brooks, whose storied career includes insightful gems such as “Terms of Endearment” and “Broadcast News,” turns in a halfhearted mess of a movie that spends its entire two-hou

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