A rather weak ending for a very promising film

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2015)

I tried going in to "Stranger Than Fiction" with as little info as I possibly could. Really liked the begin and corpus. But the script let me down when the film neared its ending.
First of all: class acting. Especially by Ferell, Thompson and Hofman. I really liked how they played their rolls, they added to a very nice vibe throughout the film.
For the storyline; the mysterious vibe throughout the film kept me really interested. Instead of thinking it was all 'real' (meaning Thompsons character was like a puppet-player), I thought it was all in 'Karen Eiffels' head. Thought that'd give it a nice psychological ring to it. I thought Eiffel was indeed writing a book about someone hearing a narrating voice, guiding him towards his 'immenent' destiny. Thàt'd be good literature! Instead they kinda took 'the easy way out' in my opinion. The plot where Ferell knows he 'has' to die, was too cheesy for me.
The film had a high level of intelligent entertaining. But towards the end, I lost interest. *6*