Bland and boring...

Rating: 2/10 (23 March 2007)

An interesting premise: a man who happens to have a very bland and predictable life hears a voice narrating what he is doing as he is doing it. It turns out the voice is that of his "creator" and he is a character in a story.
The potential of this idea is never fully developed - Harold Crick is clearly a real-world character. A few odd things do happen, but truly weird things should if that were really true. A preposterous thesis like that might have better been enacted in a sci-fi thriller rather than a bland, very ho-hum story of a very boring tax agent.
Maggie Gyllenhaal's appearance was one of few bright moments of the film. She brings sparkle and interest to Harold's otherwise lacklustre existence.
Even the prospect of Harold's imminent demise and what he must do to avert it is done in such a slow-paced way that I completely lost interest in what had to be the inevitable conclusion (Harold is spared).
A wasted idea 2/10.