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Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2008)

Who thought that the ideas to confront fiction with reality were already over, is a lot wrong. Stranger Than Fiction is one of those movies that "fiction" is just a word to qualify its style because, actually, it's a lot real. Have you ever imagined life as a book already written? A life where you're just someone's doll? If you're one of those people that never imagined that, after watching this movie I'm sure you will.
This movie is almost a modern masterpiece. The direction is fantastic and the performance of the actors is outstanding. Will Farrel gives to the character the pathetic and sad tone in a realistic and brilliant way to a point that it's impossible to not sympathize with his character. Although she exaggerates a little in the caricature of her character, Emma Thompson gets the audience's attention effectively. But the audience here is another very interesting thing, because it's a lot more like an observer than a simple audience, it's like some kind of Truman Show experience by another point of view.
The subtlety and the dexterity to balance the tragic from the comic and the constant alternation between the comedy and the tragedy are the highlights of entire movie. Maybe that's the point that Woody Allen tried to catch with Melinda & Melinda, but Forster's results are much more expressive than Woody's.
Other very important point of the movie, a special attractive and also an important material for the context of entire movie is the GUI (Graphic Usuary Interface) especial effects, a brilliant idea that came out after lot of researches and tries, becoming something simple and at the same time essential to comprehend the character's manners, being more than just an especial effect, but a living part of the character.
Marc Forster is showing to be one of the most current versatile and interesting directors and Zach Helm a very promising writer.