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Stranger Than Fiction [Blu-ray]
Stranger Than Fiction [Blu-ray]
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4.0 (310 reviews)
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5Fantastic.
5Love it
5Will Ferrell is unrecognizable
4A sweet romantic comedy with a gimmick
2The death of the author (and maybe the reader, too)
41%Death and taxes
5Stranger Than Fiction
5From Death to Life
5Not Much Stranger, But Much Better Than Most
43 stars out of 4
50%A voice telling him what he's already done "but with a better vocabulary"
5Stranger Than Fiction
4Liked Ferrell here, he's not over the top
5Love this movie!
5Such a sweet, intelligent film.
51%An Interesting Look Into The Art Of Living
51%Fantastic
51%clever and fascinating
5Don't miss this movie.
41%A metaphor for modern life-thumbs up!
10%Stranger Than Fiction
51%Same basic story, clever new revision
10%INSULTING CHARLIE KAUFFMAN BY COMPARISON
3Enjoyable comedy with original twist
51%Love it
4Not my type but very smart film!
5i think it's because she could feel the wind on her face.
41%Quirky and Touching
51%Spirituality, Destiny, and Ironically Will Ferrell's Best!
41%Quite good, actually
51%Better than I expected
51%Unreal! ( =art)
4Harold Crick Was an Ordinary Man Until...
5Original, clever metafiction
51%Stranger Than Fiction IS Stranger Than Fiction But EXCELLENT!
50%Finaly this movies make's justice to Will Ferrels carrier
51%An Excellent Story About Illusions, Love, and A Journey To Discovery
5Great Will Ferrell movie
51%Will Ferrell excels at acting
51%Fluid, interesting and touching
5The Mindturning - Stranger Than Fiction
20%A Major Disappointment
51%Stop Making Sense
51%Captures the writer's experience
4about Will Ferrell
5Immensely charming
5Will Will Will
5Better than Fiction!
20%Proceed with caution.
40%Clever-
30%CLEVER BUT DISAPPOINTING
41%Well done, excellent story!
41%Tragedy or Comedy?
4A Must See for Writers
5Stranger Than Ferrell
5Most original and endearing film I've ever experienced
5Blurring the lines between reality and art
5Wonderful Film
41%The 249th review
4Stranger than Fiction
4A Good Try
5A most original story
51%Thinking Person's Film
41%A pleasant surprise!
41%Which is which?
5Will could really act
31%Not quite strange enough
51%A Beautiful Tragedy
20%Farrel buys a guitar, and other slightly amusing scenes.
41%An accidental viewing of an alternate reality.
51%Great Movie
51%a wonderful surprise
51%I love this movie
5Incredible Drama - Even As A Hetero Male
41%A Modern Fairy Tale
4Three stories on one time line
5Stranger than Fiction
51%Wow!
5An intelligent treat.
41%slow start, but worth watching
4 This could collapse into silliness & stupidity.
4Quirky
4Beguiling flick
20%Stranger than Fiction: Real Review
4Enjoyable Movie
4Interesting story telling, amazing acting with a so so ending!
30%Not too bad
51%Ferrell is Excellent!
11%Sony's Copy Protection is REALLY Stranger than Fiction!
51%Is great art worth more than a man's life?
41%A tragic-comic meditation on laughing at sad people
41% Great Low-Key Performance By Ferrell
51%interestingly different
51%Will Ferrell really suprised me, he has a lot more range than
41%Will Ferrell breaks from "Old School" and "Ricky Bobby" in solid performance
30%Uhm...
4Excellent
11%SONY Gives Us The Finger!!!
51%I did not want to see this film!
20%Boring and un-funny
51%My New Favorite Movie !
41%Every writer's worst nightmare
5For the literary minded, Stranger than Fiction is near perfect
51%Wonderful Story
30%Just okay - a bit on the long side
10%What a snooze fest!
31%Flawed DVD Production
51%Sweeter Than Fact
4Could have been
30%Movie gets 4 stars, dvd gets 2
5A Real Gem
51%I totally love this movie
4Really good film
51%Who Could Ask For Anything More
51%Probably Will's Best Work
20%script error
51%Top Grade Acting, Wonderfully Different Story
51%Surprisingly Sly Cinematic Sleeper
20%It's gotta get better soon, doesn't it?
5You have to watch. So funny!!!
4Possibly the turning-point role in Will Ferrell's career
5Some Movies Are More Than Entertainment
51%Two words: Original and Delightful!
10%Mmmh... thanks, but no.
51%Stuck in a Desolate Ivory Tower
40%Will, Emma and the Queen
30%A Good Try
50%Truly delightful
30%could have been cool
4Great Cast-Good Movie
3Great Performances
51%Will Farrell's best work so far
41%Good Movie
41%Needs a different ending (spoiler alert)
40%Great, except for that ending.
51%Strangely Wonderful!
40%Does not make sense
4Strangely Satisfying
4If you are starved for a movie with some creativity, here it is
41%All heart, very witty - poor ending
5Stranger....
51%So Clever!
20%Disappointment
10%If you really like Will Ferrell don't watch this!
5Beautiful!
20%Despite the comedic cast, this movie is a boring drama.
51%A very enjoyable film - top to bottom.
30%Not That Funny
51%The Smart Way, Not the Easy Way
41%Stranger Than Fiction
51%Great Movie
40%Will Ferrell... not his funniest movie... but still a great movie...
50%A True Pleasure-Ferrell is great when he's funny, but better when he's serious
51%On My Favorites List
41%I Like Dancing About Architecture, And This Film!
50%Stranger Than Life
51%Not a typical Ferrel movie, it's intelligent.
30%Stranger Than I'd Expected
50%Now on my all time favorites list.
50%Existentialism in reverse
51%Amazingly Intelligent and Stranger than Fiction!!!
41%A Lovely Surprising Movie
30%Strange!!!
51%Awesome movie!
40%Who was really in charge?
40%Fun, but ultimately disappointing
4It's life's subtleties that make the difference
40%Not Quite Original, But Refreshing Fun Nevertheless!
4Beautiful concept but slightly disappointing by the execution.
41%A movie almost too clever for its own good.
51%If Aristophanes Wrote a Tragedy This Would Be It
41%Best feature length performance for Ferrell
31%Sony
41%Surprisingly good
40%life as story
11%Movie Good Copy Portection Bad.
10%Defective by Design
11%Broken by Sony Copy Protection
31%Fun movie from Sony - Too bad it won't play in Sony players
50%Good movie, but not a comedy to me
50%A truly spectacular film
50%Fairy tale for adults
30%Ehhhh.....
4Great film
51%Ferrell Shines
4How strange the tale of a ordinary man loosing control
41%Writers are control freaks...
40%Could have been great.
41%Watching 'Stranger than Fiction' (2006) in an empty theater...,
51%A Charming Masterwork
51%I love the little messages in this movie.
51%Stranger Than Fiction
5A Crick with Character, Effiel with Feeling: Unblocked Fun
51%Quirky But Cool
30%A Compromise on every level
20%MUCH STRANGER THAN FICTION
10%Meh...
4A great way to pass a couple of hours
4Charming movie.
51%Very Very Funny . . . And Odd
50%Great Experience
51%Will Ferrell at his best!
50%i'd go the whole wide world just to find this movie.
20%Strange alright..
5Sheer Delight
41%Unconventional charm [4.5 stars]
30%Definately Strange
51%What would reality look like to a character in a novel and what would that awareness mean?
51%You won't believe your eyes...
10%Speed
31%Love Gyllenhaal's Cookies
31%Finding His Muse
40%NOT a fan of Will
20%Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day!
51%Funny Will Ferrell Movie
10%Stranger than Strange
51%Will Ferrell finally grew up
51%Ferrell is good, but writing and directing are even better.
40%IRS agent meets cookie maker ...
50%Brilliant, intelligent Humor for those who want more than shock "humor"
4It's literally the story of his life.
41%Almost Perfect
5Stunning Comedy-Drama
51%The Way it Should Be
51%One of my favorite movies
50%Will Ferrell is finally funny!!!
20%Five stars? Not hardly...
4A very good movie.
40%What's really strange ...
4Well crafted story of facing your demise
4Enjoyable, feel-good movie with superb acting
51%regret not seeing it in the theater
20%Absolutely Terrible
41%"And so it was, Harold Crick was saved by a wristwatch"
31%Wow--I guess you can't find out what to think here
51%Stranger Than Fiction Is A Novel Masquerading As A Movie!
41%An interesting take...
41%Charming
5Fresh, quirky and a novel ride (excuse the pun)
3Watchable, but not especially memorable or moving.
51%The Deeper Story
51%My first Blu-ray Disc and one of my fav films of 2006
30%Good Movie, bad DVD
41%A cross between drama and comedy that balances the two seamlessly
11%DRM hits a new low
41%Will Ferrell is normal this time
11%DVD wont play in Sony DVD Player
31%RICKY BOBBY GETS SERIOUS
51%"Get bent, TAX MAAAAN!"
51%Everyone's a Character in His Own Life. But in Someone Else's Book?
40%I think I am in a tragedy...
5Interesting, original, Great role for Will Ferrell, hope there is more to come
10%Extremely Boring
31%Clever Concept, but Fizzles Halfway Through
50%Poignant and thoughtful film
30%A Refreshing Break From The Romantic Comedy
50%Who Said That?!
51%a strange yet quite common story
31%Good movie just NOT a comedy
51%Brilliant Script, Superb Direction, Best Ensemble Cast Performance: Why no Oscars?
41%A different and refreshing brand of comedy
41%Brilliantly different and thoroughly engaging. Ferrell shines in this unusual film.
41%a well done dramodey.
51%Great Movie, great concept
41%Dr. Suess type of movie
10%Terrible
41%A "Wow!" Moment For Will Ferrell
51%Sacrifice for a Good Book
51%A lost gem
51%Exploring The Hidden Forces Among Us
51%Will Ferrell finally shows off some real talent in 'Stranger Than Fiction'.
51%really a great movie
51%Maybe not the Best-but my (2nd) favorite
5Total originality in every respect.
5Maggie Steals the Show
4A new type...
4An interesting concept...
4great idea, great actors
5One of the best movies in a long time...
50%FUN MIND SCREW-YA MOVIE
31%interesting idea that feels underdeveloped
41%Life and Art Clash for a Sad Sack Tax Auditor in a Kaufman-Lite Fantasy Dramedy
41%A little strange and definitely fictional.... one of the better movies this year
30%Lightweight philosophy of the mildly amusing sort.
51%A cracking movie
51%"Well, that sounds like a comedy!"
30%a writer in search of something
41%Stranger Than Fiction
5Trumps "Grandma's Boy" on my favorites list of 2006
51%A Quirky and Pleasant Surprise
31%Feeling a Bit Wibbly Wobbly About the Ending (3 1/2 *)
3Sweet, but illogical and dry.
4Stranger Than Fiction (4 stars)
51%More Than Just Death and Taxes.
41%Literature, Taxes, Death And Cookies--A Difficult Concept Is Executed With Originality And Precision
41%Almost Perfect Comedy
51%Effortlessly sad and sweet- with hope.
51%Delightful Experience, Period.
51%A wonderful experience
51%Delightful Film
5great
51%"Stranger Than Fiction" is excellent!
51%"I just figured if I was going to change the world, I'd do it with cookies. Do you like them?"
41%Tragic Romantic Comedy
20%Brilliant concept, disappointing execution
51%The New Will Ferrell, Excellent Poetic Movie
10%Revolting! Spend your money on your favorite worthy cause.
41%Stranger than Fiction
41%STRANGER THAN FICTION -Life as Narrative
51%I absolutely love festival time!
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