Stranger than Fiction-Beyond Comprehension 0*

Rating: 1/10 (23 September 2007)

Absolutely dreadful film of a character in a book who is really a person. Since the character at the end of the book dies, the writer (a totally screwed up Emma Thompson) wants that the person also depart. Our hero here is Will Ferrell and the problem with this stinker is that the plot makes no sense.
When Ferrell hears voices, psychiatrist Linda Hunt refers him to a literature teacher. That turns out to be Dustin Hoffman who is teaching 5 classes and monitoring 2 Ph.D candidates but still has enough time to be a lifeguard.
Hoffman tells Ferrell to stay home so that the plot can't continue. Ferrell does this only to have a wrecking crew demolish his home by mistake. What are we being told here?
Thompson chain smokes cigarettes like they're going out of style. When a tape in Hoffman's office reveals her as the voice, Ferrell pursues her.
In the midst of all this, there is a growing romance between Ferrell an IRS agent and Maggie Gylenhaal who refuses to pay part of her taxes to go to the military.
The ending where Ferrell is supposed to die for saving a boy from being hit by a bus is the whole story. We could have had this 10 minutes into this film.