Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kristin Chenoweth
An IRS auditor has his life interrupted by the sound of a personal narrator who knows his every thought, feeling and action, including when and where he will die.
DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
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October 11, 2009Very funny and original movie about a man who hears a female voice narrating his every move. Will is very comical. It is also good to see Emma as the quirky narrator.
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September 3, 2009This film didn't really make much sense to me, it did have its funny moments, just not enough to make it a great film. An odd choice for Marc Forster to direct and a misconceived idea by Zach Helm.
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June 29, 2009So, another comedic actor is trying his hand at drama? Yes and he's making it work.
I must admit, when I first read about this film, I envisioned something different. I had initially imagined a male voice (similar to that of Mort Crim. Anyone who's heard Little Acorns from The ...( read more) -
December 19, 2008Visually stunning and has a clever, imaginative concept for the plot.
Screenplay and direction are quite good up until the half, where everything slows down and turns a little too sentimental, in a cheap Spielberg-like sort of way.
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November 16, 2008This movie wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I can't stand Will Ferrell, but this movie was actually pretty good compared to most movies he does. The cast was good as well.
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November 11, 2009The biggest highlight, of course, is Kaufman's talent. Since his name is already a strong promise, the expectations are inevitably high. The concept is incredibly smart, but just as I expected, the film started beautifully and Forster achieved to make it drag later on. Good film ...( read more)
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November 1, 2009What could have been in interesting idea never managed to sell me that it was telling me an interesting story. I think it had to do with the lack of charm in the main character, a flaw that can't be entirely attributed to the actor, because at some stages he managed to pull off s...( read more)
Critic Reviews
October 18, 2008
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
November 10, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Ferrell proves just the right choice, nicely underplaying for a change and ratcheting up his game opposite major talents. full review
November 10, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It doesn't coast on its premise but follows where it leads, which is into some serious territory. What might have been a joke with a tagged-on sentimental ending becomes instead a sensitive movie that... full review
November 10, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Stranger Than Fiction might be film, but it moves like a novel: a literate, unhurried tale marked by softly wrought reflections on the self-made life. full review
November 10, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Besides being inventive and witty, Stranger Than Fiction is a tribute to the power of literature. But art is not its only domain. It also delves into the world of ultimate certainties: death and taxes. full review
November 10, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
While Stranger Than Fiction traffics in a bit of darkly funny existential anxiety, it also finds room for romantic fantasy and sentimental uplift.
November 10, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Stranger Than Fiction is a meditation on life, art and romance, and on the kinds of responsibility we have. Such an uncommonly intelligent film does not often get made. full review
November 9, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The picture is an overworked trifle: There's so much going on in it that it becomes hard to care about anything that's going on in it. full review
November 9, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
There's no joy in seeing Ferrell play an office drone, and the life lessons he learns are of the "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" variety. full review
November 2, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
This is a Ferrell you've never seen before, nailing a role that calls for breakneck humor in the final race against the clock and touching gravity in the love scenes with Gyllenhaal. full review
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June 5, 2007I loved seeing Will play a more serious character. The scene where he cries is heartbreaking! It proves what a great actor he is.
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March 4, 2007i saw this movie last night it is awesome, will ferrell is awesome in it, another great performance from dustin hoffman and the lovely Maggie Gyllenhaal was absloutely awesome in this movie, im suprised i hadnt heard more about it up and till then.
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March 1, 2007poignant and creative. could be the best i've seen will ferrell and maggie and emma were up to their usual best. great screenplay!
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February 25, 2007me and one of bf saw it and we laugh off our heads til the end thts when we fell apart
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February 2, 2007A really good movie. The previews draw you in and make you think its gonna be all about comedy, but its not. Its actually a comedy drama that really gets you thinking.
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December 19, 2006I really liked this movie.
I bet the reason alot of people didn't like it is because they went to expecting it be another "dumb humor" kind of movie, and it's just NOT. There is more to this movie than just humor, and I guess some people can't appreciate that, especially when that is what they were expecting. -
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November 10, 2006This will be the best movie because Will Ferrell is in it he is the one the best actors!!
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