A Wonderfully and Visually Experience

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2014)

Will Ferrell can always make audiences laugh, but can he make audiences feel sad and be more sympathetic for whatever role he takes? The answer is without a doubt: Yes. Will Ferrell is absolutely fantastic in his role as IRS Agent Harold Crick; he can not only be funny, but also can be serious. This is in my opinion my absolute favorite Will Ferrell movie. If you like him doing comedies, then you'll love him doing drama. He really does steal the show. The idea of a man whose life is always distracted by a narrator is actually a pretty clever concept, and I thought it was well executed. I do get the sense of the movie as it was taken place in Chicago because the city itself does play a character, you usually do get a sense of the environment and see how these people do with their lives (EX: kid riding on a bike, an African-American woman doing her job, etc.). The direction by Marc Forster is outstanding, and he really does tell a good story and knows where to point the camera at. The rest of the cast Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Queen Latifah all do their jobs well. The story; the pacing; the cinematography; the editing; the direction; and the music all come together pretty well. This is also one of my favorite movies, and my favorite Marc Forster movie. I do enjoy his direction alright in a James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace," but I love his work on this one the best. The movie does add into a lot of context, which it is hard to explain but I can't help it on how much I really love this movie. "Stranger Than Fiction" is both a wonderfully and visually experience. I give this movie a 10 out of 10.