
Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is your average I.R.S. Agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside of his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on television. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the autho... (Full plot summary below)
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Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is your average I.R.S. Agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside of his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on television. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.
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| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerBrilliantly written, thoughtful and frequently hilarious comedy with impressive direction and terrific performances from the entire cast. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerA fresh and original fantasy love story entertainment that will arouse all the literary DNA we possess. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleWill Ferrell is great with a restrained, earnest performance as a guy who isn't the life of the party, isn't bombastic and loud, but is just a shy guy trying to make it through life without getting hurt. |
| Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)Mark ColletteWhen I left the theater, I got in my car, turned off my perpetually running radio, and thought for a long time before I moved. It's been a while since a film has done that. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawA backhanded compliment to call it the first real disappointment of the season. |
| The Film YapNick RogersInventively inverting "Adaptation.'s'" anxiety into light romance, "Fiction" is one of the most intelligent, lively, charming and beguiling concept comedies since "Groundhog Day" and a perfect seriocomic splinter of Will Ferrell's big-baby shtick. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames Sanfordits brand of dry humor may catch Ferrell fans off-guard... much closer to Jim Carrey's 'The Truman Show' or Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep's 'Adaptation' than it is to the usual Ferrell fare. |
| SlateDana StevensSeems to suffer from low self-esteem. Why can't this movie see that it doesn't need a hulking meta-narrative apparatus to make us care about its story? It had us at hello--or would have, if not for the excess of high-concept trickery. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxAs a philosophical study, it's shaky beyond belief, but as a humorous trifle, it admirably makes up the difference. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderNever self-consciously wacky or cloyingly sentimental, Stranger Than Fiction is instead a breezy, sweet comedy. |