Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Directed by
Marc Forster
Writing credits (WGA)
Zach Helm (written by)
Karen Effiel is an author writing her latest novel about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. The real Harold Crick is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence and one day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she puts on paper to what Harold has and is doing. Because of this Harold insists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life including beginning a relationship with his IRS client, a government-hating bakery owner named Ana Pascal. Harold, however, finds trouble when he hears that Karen plans to kill him.
So... it's a comedy? I read the premise and thought this could make a good thriller/sci-fi kind of deal, but then read Ferrell's on the cast list... so, uh...
Yeah, the previews show it as a comedy. Farrell is acting like Farrell, not over the top though.
He's like Jim Carrey in that way. You always expect them to be so larger than life in each film. Ron Burgandy, Ricky Bobby, Frank The Tank, etc. for example.
His character is supposed to be some boring, invisible middle management loser. I don't see Farrell breaking into his Neil Diamond impression. That would be cool though.
i'm just glad they're coming up with real original scripts now. I'm tired of re-makes or book adaptations, or part 5s, or capote THE OTHER VERSION. please.
