Stranger Than Fiction is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It's inventive, thoughtful, and poetic. At it's core, it's a love story. Not really a romantic love story, but a story about love. It plays with reality like Adaptation or Being John Malkovich, and does it as skillfully. Will Ferrell is lovely in this serious role. Maggie Gyllenhaal, a favorite of mine, is magnetic. Dustin Hoffman is adorable, but he's re-playing the same role he's been doing for a while (a la Meet the Parents). Emma Thompson and Queen Latifa are also good. In the words of Frances McDormand's Jane in Laurel Canyon, "it pulled me across the room." Go see this one.
November 11, 2006
Stranger than Fiction - 4.5 stars
Stranger Than Fiction is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. It's inventive, thoughtful, and poetic. At it's core, it's a love story. Not really a romantic love story, but a story about love. It plays with reality like Adaptation or Being John Malkovich, and does it as skillfully. Will Ferrell is lovely in this serious role. Maggie Gyllenhaal, a favorite of mine, is magnetic. Dustin Hoffman is adorable, but he's re-playing the same role he's been doing for a while (a la Meet the Parents). Emma Thompson and Queen Latifa are also good. In the words of Frances McDormand's Jane in Laurel Canyon, "it pulled me across the room." Go see this one.
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