Indescribable

Rating: 8/10 (25 October 2010)

"Stranger than fiction" had a very calm tone to it, the film had a very mundane feel to it and it was simple....yet effective. Theoretically this film should have been boring, but it was not. All you need are 2 main characters, 2 other important characters and a couple non-important characters to drive this film....not an assemble of A-Lister's, just a few main characters and the film is great. Will Ferrell as Harold Crick was brilliant, this comedic actor managed to play a serious role, and managed to play it in a great way. He played the role with emotion and really understood the character he was playing. Emma Thompason was brilliant, such a great actress (apart from when she blasphemed) she played the role of a washed up author really well. These two actors stood out for me. Dustin Hoddman, Maggie Gyllenhaal were good as well (apart from when Hoffman used the F word once) so the acting was really good. The whole film had a very simple look, even the look of Harolds apartment, his job, his personality, the colouring of the film was very basic....but thats all the film needed as we could understand the character of Harold and build upon it through character development. The interesting connection of Emma and Will Ferrel is very interesting and as you watch the film you will discover how this is. It's hard to mark this film as it's not a blockbuster but it's not an average simple film...i guess you could say it's indescribable.