Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 11/10/2006(USA)
Release Date: 12/02/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD2/DDM2.0
Run Time: 113 min
Flags: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
A socially isolated IRS agent whose every move is documented by a disembodied female voice discovers that his life is the subject of a book currently being written by a best-selling author, whose creative block has stunted her repeated efforts to kill him off, in a quirky
fantasy comedy written by Hollywood hot property
Zach Helm and directed by
Finding Neverland's
Marc Forester.
Harold Crick (
Will Ferrell) lives a life of solitude.
Kay Eiffel (
Emma Thompson) can't seem to find a way to finish her latest book. Though
Harold and
Kay have never actually met, their fates are about to become intertwined in a most unusual manner. With her publishers growing increasingly impatient with her apparent inability to put the finishing touches on her latest novel,
Kay is assigned a new assistant whose task it is to help provide the creative push needed to get her book finished and into the hands of her many eager fans. The subject of
Kay's novel is a lonely and despairing IRS agent named
Harold Crick, who believes that his life has lost any real meaning. As
Kay continues to weave
Harold's woeful tale without realizing that her protagonist is actually a living human being unable to concentrate on his life and career due to the constant interference of the narrator who inexplicably seems to anticipate his every move and read his every thought, her continued efforts to kill her perplexed subject finally provide him with the incentive needed to fully experience life by seeking out the source of the voice that plagues him. Penned by the screenwriter named by
Variety magazine as one of the "Top Ten Writers to Watch" and who was also included in
Esquire magazine's "Best and Brightest" list of 2004,
Stranger Than Fiction features supporting performances by
Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Dustin Hoffman, and
Queen Latifah.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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