{"id":2893,"date":"2009-06-15T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T11:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/06\/sneak-peekthe-answer-man.html"},"modified":"2009-06-15T11:09:51","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T11:09:51","slug":"sneak-peekthe-answer-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/06\/sneak-peekthe-answer-man.html","title":{"rendered":"Sneak Peek: &#8216;The Answer Man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more entertaining movies I saw last weekend at the Waterfront Film Festival was the romantic comedy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answermanmovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8221; The Answer Man.&#8221;<\/a> Jeff Daniels plays a poor man&#8217;s Deepak Chopra named Arlen Faber. Arlen wrote a self-help book many years ago called &#8220;Me and God&#8221; and it rapidly turned into a self-help cottage industry while turning Faber into an obnoxious agoraphobic who hates people. Well, until he meets single mom Elizabeth (Lauren Graham).The movie is out on Video on Demand on June 26th and will be in theaters for a limited release in July. Get a sneak peek by checking out this trailer, but be forewarned of some mild profanity. <object width=\"512\" height=\"296\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/embed\/C9XSI0XOP8v5PkqiWcmGzQ\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/embed\/C9XSI0XOP8v5PkqiWcmGzQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"  width=\"512\" height=\"296\"><\/embed><\/object><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/jeff-daniels\/8307\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/jeff-daniels\/8307\/584x85_belief.gif\" alt=\"Jeff Daniels at LocateTV.com\" title=\"Click to see LocateTV results for Jeff Daniels. 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