Stranger Than Fiction

PG-13

11/10/20061h 53m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period. ~

Overview:

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

Director:

Marc Forster

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$30,000,000.00

Revenue:

$53,653,224.00

Key words:

literature
professor
writer's block
love
fate
author
death
dying
novelist
publisher
what if
introspective
book
narrator
assertive
derisive
dignified

Cast

Will Ferrell

~ as ~

Harold Crick

Maggie Gyllenhaal

~ as ~

Ana Pascal

Dustin Hoffman

~ as ~

Professor Jules Hilbert

Emma Thompson

~ as ~

Karen Eiffel

Queen Latifah

~ as ~

Penny Escher

Tony Hale

~ as ~

Dave

William Dick

~ as ~

IRS Co-Worker #1

Guy Massey

~ as ~

IRS Co-Worker #2

Martha Espinoza

~ as ~

IRS Co-Worker #3

T.J. Jagodowski

~ as ~

IRS Co-Worker #4

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Reviews (2)

AG
Andres Gomez
Written 9 year(s) ago
6
A fresh idea that, however, becomes a bit of a boring movie.

The best part is the good performances by the cast. Specially surprising is Ferrell.
GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
I am one of those people that normally hate Will Ferrell, especially in a leading role. I find him obnoxious, and over-the-top to the point where he is pandering for laughs form the LCD than actually attempting to be funny.

However, there is always an exception to the rule. Usually that exception comes in the form of a supporting role... as in Old School... but here it comes in the form of a leading role.

It seems like Marc Forster really reigned him in on the one and the pay off was AMAZING. It's seriously a funny and quirky film. It's hysterical and kind of plays to an audience that wonders if writer's creations can come to life.

It's an imaginative script and plays to the people that feel, maybe, a little guilty for leaving a book over night when the characters are left in a bad position just in case they are real and might get stuck there. It appeals to anyone that has ever wrote fiction, and felt like a God because of the control they had over their characters... and it does so in the most ridiculous way possible.