A different side of Will Ferrell.

Rating: 6/10 (19 April 2010)

I absolutely enjoyed Stranger than Fiction, when I first saw it at the movies a few years ago. It seemed so different from most of the other movies that I had seen by that time. My roommate and I left the theater thoroughly impressed.
Alas, I've seen a lot more movies since then, and my tastes have been expanded by all the great movies that I've seen in the years that passed. Don't get me wrong, Stranger than Fiction is still a good movie. I couldn't count the number of small smiles that frequently popped up on my face as I watched it. But now I see that beyond a few clever touches, it's really a pretty pedestrian story. It's greatest strength is the rather unique way that the plot is told, but nothing happens that hasn't happened in a million other films.
Will Ferrell was a good choice as the main character, but it's not exactly a demanding role. None of them are. But even though the movie isn't exactly the marvel that I remember it being, I'm still glad that I got a chance to watch it again.