Stranger Than Fiction


An auditor for the IRS starts hearing voices in his head. When a shrink can't solve the problem, and suspects something unusual, he sends the patient to a literary expert, who tries to decipher who is narrating the patient's life to him. The audience is in on the story... it's a famous author, who tends to kill off her heroes. She has writer's block, and is struggling to come up with an ending. As she struggles, so our hero struggles to find her, before she kills him off.

111 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10.
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

All aboard for heaven....
All aboard for heaven....

Credits

Cast
Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, William Dick, Guy Massey
Director
Marc Forster
ScreenplayZach Helm
MusicBritt Daniel, Brian Reitzell
CinematographyRoberto Schaefer
EditingMatt Chesse
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in2006
Produced byCrick Pictures LLC, Mandate Pictures, Three Strange Angels

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama / comedy
LanguageInfrequent, mostly mild, profanity
NudityNone
SexPassionate kissing
ViolenceSome blood
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsMature themes, morbid imagery
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
4
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
2
Guns / Weapons
0
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
1
Smoking
4
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
3
Imitative Behaviour
2
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
1
Tense Family Scenes
1
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
3


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Diane de Beer
15
Die Burger
Willem de Vries
10
Cape Times
Kevin Crust
15
Good Weekend
Jonathan Romney
10
iAfrica.com
Rebekah Kendal
13
Mail & Guardian
Shaun de Waal
14
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
15
BBC
Stella Papamichael
10
Box Office
Kevin Courrier
5
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
18
eye Weekly
Jason Anderson
15
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
18
ScreenIt
12

What the People say

Internet
6543 Netizens
16

Average .. 66%

13




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