Stranger Than Fiction

On Tuesday, November 21, 2006, I went to see the film Stranger Than Fiction, featuring Will Farrell, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Emma Thompson. This was a very clever comedy that talks about Farrell's character, Mr. Crick, an IRS agent with a relatively mundane life. This changes, however when he starts hearing a lady narrate his everyday activities, and how he falls in love with one of the people that he's supposed to edit.

This movie was different than any Will Farrell movie. Personally, I have not seen any Will Farrell movies, since I don't really care for him as an actor. I really saw this movie because of Emma Thompson, and because there was a possibility of Will Farrell's character dying. I won't tell you if he dies at the end or not, because that would spoil the movie. However, in this film, Will Farrell really is more serious than any of his other movies. This is definitely one step in the right direction, in my opinion.

There were lots of funny moments in the film, and the script is very clever. Emma Thompson, playing the writer who suffers writer's block, is superb. But then, I always enjoy Emma Thompson (the last one I saw her in was Nanny McPhee, and she was great in there too. In fact, for that particular movie, she wrote the script - she didn't write the script for this one, however)

I also feel that Queen Latifah didn't get much opportunity to shine in this film. True, granted she did play a smaller role, and the film is mostly focused on Will Farrell, but some other actors got more airplay than others, like Dustin Hoffman. But the cast in this movie is good, if you're looking for an intelligent movie that is packed full of laughs, this is the movie that encases all that.