Stranger than Fiction

My wife and I saw Stranger Than Fiction last night, and really liked it. It’s a lot deeper than I was expecting from a Will Ferrell movie, but with Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman also on board, I figured it could have some substance.

It’s about a guy who suddenly begins hearing a voice narrating his life. He discovers that he’s a character in a story, and he sets about finding out what sort of story it is so he can figure out whether he dies (tragedy) or
gets married (comedy) at the end. We also meet the narrator, a blocked novelist played by Thompson.

It’s a meta-story, because of course the movie itself faces and same conundrum the characters in it have to deal with.

Plus: Maggie Gyllenhaal is a delight.

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