Stranger Than Fiction

Pros: Story. Performances.
Cons: Lacks greatness. I think I've typed this con before?

Sometimes, the only thing wrong with a movie is its lack of greatness. Stranger than Fiction is a very well-crafted film, and doesn't contain any lines or scenes which seem particularly off-key. But the film doesn't warrant a second ...

Pros: Cute script, great cast
Cons: Some people may lose interest quickly

"This is a story about a man called Harold Crick and his wristwatch." Harold (Will Ferrell) is an ordinary man who works as an IRS agent. He lives alone in an apartment and hasn't taken a vacation in years. Harold focuses virtually everything he does on ...

Pros: Decent Movie Until You Get To The End, Interesting Concept
Cons: Some characters motives are sketchy and some don’t seem to have a purpose

It wasn’t until today that I was afforded the chance to watch Stranger Than Fiction. Even though I’m not a die-hard Will Ferrell fan I know his main plight is comedy, but there really aren’t many laughs here with his character, Harold ...

Pros: Unique GUI graphics, funny moments
Cons: Poor romantic elements, weak characters/portrayals

Stranger Than Fiction was recommended to me as a really good movie. Being a comedy about a writer I thought I might enjoy it. I guess I’m just too set in my ways, though, because all I saw was a romantic comedy. Don’t get me wrong, I ...

Pros: Clever idea
Cons: Concept fizzles out halfway through

Stranger than Fiction should be a lot better than it is. It has an idea which is amazingly original. But somewhere along the line it loses its focus, veers off in more directions than a Robert Altman movie, and eventually just says “screw it.” Just when ...

Pros: Emma, Maggie, Dustin, and yes, Will
Cons: Slightly predictable

The world of literature is often portrayed as sophisticated, elegant and even romantic in films. In "Stranger than Fiction" this is a potentially dangerous place full of difficult choices and serious consequences for both author and subject. Director ...

Pros: Decent acting, Great story, More clever than funny, Decent directing.
Cons: Plot is a bit weak, Resolution, DVD Extras are nothing stellar

In the last few years, Hollywood has opened up quite a bit to stories that employ alternative narrative techniques and/or bend the sense of reality of the viewer. The last few years have yielded films about writers and their characters, though after ...

Pros: Who knew Emma Thompson can be a sight for sore eyes?
Cons: Clearly an experimental film presented by a director and writer who's testing the waters.

On October 11, 2001, five complete strangers, varying in age and nationality, gather around at a local watering hole in Orange County and starts exclaiming loudly, looking at each others' driver's licenses. Their names on the driver's license is: Danny, ...

Pros: Great minimalist story. Superb performance by Will Ferrell. Well paced, directed and edited. Engaging plot.
Cons: Second ending is sugar-coated and, as Prof. Hilbert notes, OK, not great.

Walk out at the fade to white, to savor the powerful minimalist ending. Then watch this film again through to its "second" ending, to experience the happily-ever-after, sugar-coated. Having written some poems and stories, experienced some small ...

Pros: Will Ferrell actually acts, great performances all around.
Cons: I'm still afraid I'll watch one time and find big, gaping holes.

Let's start off with a brief synopsis of the film, shall we? I'm seriously not a fan of knowing too much about a film before I see it, I like to give the director a chance to fill me in himself, so I won't be telling much more than you could find in the ...

Pros: Ferrell being serious. Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah and Thompson's accent.
Cons: Latifah should be in more of the scene! Ferrell being serious.

The movie "Stranger than Fiction" (2006) with Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, and Emma Thompson makes the audience think about the weighty issues pertaining life and death without the comfort of Bavarian sugar cookies and ...

Pros: Good performances by several of my favorite actors. Interesting story line.
Cons: Implausible elements in the plot. Weak conflict and central characters.

I've been looking forward to seeing Stranger Than Fiction since it first came out. I'm a fiction writer, and there have been times when my characters seem to acquire a life of their own... in my mind. I've written a book set in Tobermory, Scotland, and ...

Pros: Solid acting, original storyline, very palatable Will Farrell
Cons: Requires subtlety to enjoy

This is a very peculiar film, not quite 100% drama, not quite 100% comedy. At times I wait for some event to burst out but it doesn't quite happen. I've not seen nor heard of a film with a storyline like this one, so at the very least there was a ...

Pros: Watch it. The writer clearly is a lover of words.
Cons: None.

...stranger than fiction is delightful. It digs up the age-old theme of the ordinary man doing extraordinary things. For me, the movie brought up three questions: 1) If we knew our fate, would we change it? 2) If we knew death was imminent, how would ...

Pros: Well developed, evenly paces, wonderful character development. Playful thoughtful style.
Cons: Possibly too abstract for some people.

I didn't want to see this film. I mean I really really did not. I have never liked Ferrell's work, and the first trailer of this film showed very little other than scenes with him. My mother however, wanted to see this film on Thanksgiving and she ...