An okay Forster picture

Rating: 6/10 (29 October 2011)

I have never much been a fan of Marc Forster's films and I am not really a fan of this picture either. Stranger than fiction is a creative idea treated with a good amount of craft from the filmmakers. The performances are also well-done especially Thompson and Ferell in the unique serious role. Yet the film loses its appeal when it starts telling us how to think about the negative aspects of storytelling. It begins to tell us bad endings are for the birds and that good endings are the only endings that count. If you agree with the message and do not have any tolerance for negativity, than you will be flattered by it. Yet many artistic types will be turned off by its insistence for happy stories.