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Rating: 9/10 (8 November 2006)

Acting Overall out of 10: 8 Will Ferrel: 10 Emma Thompson: 9 Dustin Hoffman: 9 Queen Latifah: 8
PLOT: 10 SCRIPT: 9
As a student of Drexel University I was quite excited to take advantage of this rare FREE early movie premiere hosted by Columbia pictures, Facebook, and Chase. Simply I just thought the movie was amazing. It had great performances from the whole cast, Queen Latifah the only exception, as she was just herself really like in every movie she does, but overall just phenomenal. Though I would agree with the one other comment a person made before that there really wasn't too much character development. Will Ferrell really pulls off this new part for him, as he is forced to play the reserved, methodical, conformist of society. If you're expecting a laugh out loud comedy from Will Ferrell with silly faces, noises, and stupidity, than this isn't the movie for you, though I still definitively recommend you to go and see this. I mean don't get me wrong it is a comedy, "Stranger Than Fiction", but it's a serious part for Will Ferrell, revealing the more practical and realistic side of his charisma and acting. The whole concept behind the story is great though. Really enjoyed it because it was like watching or hearing two movies/stories at once, but about the same person and about the same story.weird but true. Its not confusing or anything like that, but it's a story being written about the movie you're currently watching, so as the story is being written by its author Kay Eiffel, Emma Thompson, in her new book, its also how the movie turns out, or the events which occur in Cricks life. Its smart, funny, can be a tear jerker, and whimsical, its definitely one of Ferrell's best performances and proves he can be serious and normal I guess you can say.