I tried to watch Ruby Sparks to see what Elliot Gould was up to. He
played a small part as the psychiatrist, and was very good, except
that he's put on a ton of weight.

Elliot Gould's decline is one of the more interesting Hollywood
stories. He was a heart throb and a leading man during the 70s but he
seems to have sunk into bad minor roles.

When he played themother's  wimpy liberal boyfriend in American X, I
knew something had gone wrong in America.

And he was good in Bugsy but again, it was a wimpy role.

Did Barbara Streisand poison he career, the way Frank Sinatra
destroyed Tommy Sands?