The publication of a book accusing him of murder leads schlock television producer Barney Panofsky to reflect on his tumultuous life - from his troubled first marriage to his best friend sleeping with his second wife to his one true love - and how he ruined it. Adapted from the novel ‘Barney’s Version’, Giamatti, the master of prickly self-loathing creates a character that is in turns both achingly funny and miserably sad.