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Directing himself in a screenplay he co-wrote, Billy Crystal stars as veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz in this film inspired by co-writer Alan Zweibel’s short story “The Prize.” Charlie meets New York street singer Emma Payge (Tiffany Haddish) when she wins him in an auction. They later form a unique bond that starts when he brings her to the E.R. after a food allergy incident, and the doctors mistake them as a father-and-daughter tandem. As Emma gets to know Charlie’s life, she takes it upon herself to help him fix things before it’s too late for him to achieve his last life goals.