Great

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2006)

I thought this movie was going to be funny from what they showed in the previews. There were funny moments, but it wasn't all laughs...and that's what I loved about it. I was so glad to see Will Ferrell in a serious role. He was great as Harold Crick, the quiet, serious "tax man." He lives kind of a boring, uneventful life until one day he starts hearing the voice of a woman narrating his life. Everything the woman says happens so when he hears her speaking of his "imminent death" he begins to worry. He has to find out where the voice is coming from and how to stop the events. Maggie Gyllenhaal is wonderful as his love interest, Ana. She is the anti-Harold, everything he is not and they have great chemistry together. Will Ferrell does a very touching acoustic and vocal performance in the movie. I think if you liked The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, you'll like Stranger Than Fiction. The idea is like that, something that couldn't really happen, but makes for an interesting story. Not to forget, Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman lend great supporting roles to the film, also. I give it a 10/10.