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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Marc Forster |
| Stars: |
Will Ferrell |
| Actors: |
Queen Latifah |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Death |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
043396154070 |
| Release Date: |
2006 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 53min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 53min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (February 27, 2007)
UPC: 043396154070 |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/07/2006, p.124, Peter Travers): "You need to see how Ferrell switches gears to give a performance of nuanced wit and surprising gravity." |
| More Information |
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Known to most audiences for his hilarious characters, funnyman Will Ferrell continues to try his hand at more serious material with STRANGER THAN FICTION. The film comes as relatively light fare for director Marc Foster, whose previous works were FINDING NEVERLAND and MONSTER'S BALL. While not exactly a drama, the film shifts between humorous and heavy realms, one of its central questions being: "What makes a comedy or a tragedy?" In WINTER PASSING and MELINDA AND MELINDA, Ferrell awkwardly occupied a strange space that was neither clearly dramatic nor comedic, leaving audiences confused over whether to laugh at the actor or with him. Here, in the role of boring Harold Crick he appears a bit more at ease, as Harold is not expected to be funny--funny things just happen to him. Instead of depending on Ferrell for jokes, the film delivers laughs on its own by exploring what happens when an IRS agent with a dull, solitary life receives unwanted company in the form of an intrusive female voice narrating his e... |
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