"This is a story about a man named Harold Crick and his wristwatch"

Rating: 8/10 (8 March 2007)

After I picked this up in the mail, I didn't expect to find anything out of the ordinary for a normal Will Farrell. I expect some slapstick here and there, no real emotions, and just absolute nonsense throughout two hours, with a couple of laughs here and there. What I got really surprised me. "Stranger than Fiction" is about Harold Crick, a man who wakes up one morning to find that his life is being narrated. After many of these annoyances, he finally gives in to find a shrink. The shrink recommends that he find someone who knows more about literature. There he meets Dustin Hoffman's character, where they elaborate on what to do next. Meanwhile, the narrator, and the author of an upcoming, but incomplete, book about her main character Harold Crick. Just one problem: Whatever she creates for the character Harold Crick happens to the real Harold Crick. "Stranger than Fiction" is a very fun movie, with a very impressive script, great performances, fine directing and nice cinematography. The only thing keeping this movie from a perfect score is that the ending really didn't live up to the rest of the movie and the message intended for the viewer wasn't displayed properly; but still, "Stranger than Fiction" was a fine film.