Will Provoke Thinking...

Rating: 9/10 (17 November 2006)

I loved this movie because it not only speaks to those of us who are writers, it speaks about humanity and life in general. If you are a writer, you must see it. If you are any other human, you should also see it if you want to laugh, feel move, and see just how strange/weird/boring the creative process really is. Emma Thompson is the prefect writer without an ending, and true to how we writers are very odd and always looking at things differently than most people. How often do you find yourself in a hospital looking for people about to die? If you do, that just weird.
Here's something to think about: What if you are a character in somebody's novel? Are you a tragedy or comedy? Fantasy or Science Fiction? What if someone already has an ending planned for you, what would it be? Happily ever after or random tragic death; love or loss. Can you write an ending yourself, e.i., are you in control of your own fate or is it in control of you. I'm not giving my answer because it may or may not offend some one and this isn't about what I think, it's about the theory of it, which may never be clearly concluded...
On a lighter note, if you want to see a good movie well worth the money, this is for you. And don't worry if you're not a Will Ferrell, he is not his usual self in this film. He is a thousand times better; a real, normal, loser of a grown man who lives a very boring life filled with only numbers as company. You will feel sorry for Harold Crick because he is just so lame to begin with, his life is a sad boring routine that would drive many normal people crazy out of their heads.
The story, the narrative bit a least, is almost in the vein of JK Rowlings, in it's style and way of letting the little things play out in a funny way. Thompson's English accent makes her the prefect Narrator, similar to how Morgan Freeman made a cool God in Bruce Almighty. And you can't beat a grown man talking to his toothbrush and shower head while insisting that he is not crazy.
I could go on and on, but I might give something away. So I will say this: Go see the movie for yourself and see what you think of the ending...