we just hadn't planned on a change of plan

Laurel Canyon is Frances McDormand all the way. The rest of it is an Oz-fest, which also caters to Kate Beckinsale oglers. Familiar songs abound on the soundtrack. The more interesting thing to do would be to note that Alex (Beckinsale) uses Microsoft Word for editing her dissertation and Netscape Messenger to send email. That's a Dell laptop (couldn't note the specific release), and a Yamaha guitar. And Zidjan cymbals. As J Hoberman puts it short on conviction and long on contrivance. A passing note on the phone by Ian McKnight (Alessandro Nivola) about bagels and Israel got me hunting down their origins. I guess the movie wasn't a complete loss.