Stranger Than Fiction

In this case, the narrative curlicues of a clever screenwriter would have been better as a straight line. ( Read More )

A great idea for a formally playful short stitched to a standard issue opposites attract romcom, Stranger than Fiction benefits from brisk pacing and engaging performances especially from an affectingly muted Ferrell, who pulls off a coup comparable to Jim Carreys breakout metaphysical stooge role in The Truman Show. ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

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. ( Read More )

Jane Boursaw

She hurls insults at him, and, in short, doesnt make his job any easier. ( Read More )

Robert Keser

If the Charlie Kaufman like writing theme suggests Adaptation., Zach Helms script really says little about authorship or form, settling for positing rather than explaining a capricious universe where a giant steam shovel can bite out ones living ( Read More )