STRANGER THAN FICTION

Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

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I recently had the pleasure of watching Marc Forsters film, Stranger Than Fiction, which I found to be a delightfully charming, intelligent comedy written by first-time screenwriter Zach Helm. I give it two guitars up. Way up. (Platonically speaking of course).


Its about an uptight IRS agent, Harold Crick (Will Ferrell), who realizes that his mundane life is being narrated by the voice of a chain-smoking novelist played by Emma Thompson. The novelist is suffering from a bad case of writers block and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown because she cant decide the ending to her story.


Going mad with the constant narration in his head that accurately predicts his every move, Crick solicits the help of a literature professor (Dustin Hoffman) to help find his voice. To his utter shock and dismay, 농구중계 Crick learns that the voice of his narrator belongs to this eccentric author that writes tragedies in which her heroes are killed off.


But Crick does not want to die! For the first time in his life he is discovering who he really is and what his true passions are. He sets out to meet the author with the determination to alter his fate. And upon meeting, the two...

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