Don't believe the hype..

Rating: 5/10 (9 January 2008)

Will Ferrell plays the lead here and unfortunately it doesn't work for him. I am a fan of his more slap stick roles, which he excels, but the dead pan state of Harold Crick in this is not something that suits his style. Hoffman and Thompson are good so too Gyllenhaal but they don't make up for a film that fails to draw in an audience.
The story line has true originality but you don't really build any empathy with the characters so in the end you tire of Crick's predicament and the film's sentiment is lost.
Films are subjective and everyone takes something different away from viewing. Friends of mine loved Little Miss Sunshine, others didn't get it. I think in the end this film will polarise audiences as some will really like it but many more wont understand the fuss..