something different from Will Ferrell

Rating: 6/10 (27 September 2007)

This is not another Will Ferrell comedy. He actually tries his hand at drama here. It is different type of film for Ferrell; however, we have seen films like this before. Such as Jim Carey in the Truman Show. Ferrell plays Harold Crick, an IRS agent who wakes up one day and hears a voice describing his life. He thinks he's crazy as well as others. He visits a doctor but doesn't want to take medication. So, he goes to see an English professor. He describes what the voice says and how poetic he sounds. One day at the teachers office, he sees an interview on the TV of an author who sounds exactly like the voice in his head. He tracks her down and discovers she is writing a book and he is the central character. She writes tragedies, but he asks her not to kill him off. There is a side plot of him falling for a baker whom he audits. Not really a whole lot there. Plus Maggie Gynallhal is way to young to play his love interest.
Overall, it was sort of interesting but nothing great. It is not something you care to see twice. And you won't be missing anything by not seeing it.
FINAL VERDICT: It was OK. It is what it is. Sort of bland sort of interesting, but nothing that stands out.