Schräger als Fiktion

Eine erfrischende, treffende und inspirative Komödie für ein intelligentes Publikum. Viele ausgezeichnete Ideen, niedliche Momente, die wir aus dem Leben kennen, die man aber in einem Film noch nicht gesehen hat. Ferrells seriöse Schauspielerei ist fast zu minimalistisch, seine exzentrischen Kollegen Maggie Gyllenhaal und Dustin Hoffman sind aber eine hervorragende Ergänzung. Ins Kino sollten Sie einen Keks mit einem leckeren Schokoladenguss mitnehmen. (26.03.2007)

"Ein toller Film". Mit diesen Worten hat D.Moore seine 751. Rezension begonnen, weil er sich darüber gefreut hat, dass er Will Ferrell endlich richtig spielen sah, und außerdem in einem ausgezeichnet geschriebenen Film mit einer tollen Regie und sogar an der Seite von Dustin Hoffman oder Emma Thompson. Er hätte mit dem Lob fortfahren können, er musste aber eine unaufschiebbare Angelegenheit erledigen. Er wollte herausfinden, wer der dumme Schreiberling ist, der seine eigene Geschichte schreibt, und einen einzigen vernünftigen Grund hören, warum er ihn ständig zwingt, ermüdende und ellenlange Sätze zu verwenden. (20.05.2011)

Although I have quite a soft spot for Ferrell's frat pack rampage, his focused and artful creation is what most pleasantly took my breath away. However, it wouldn't have happened without the great script that even Charlie Kaufmann would have been proud of, and Forster's fantasizing, which managed to make even brushing his teeth an unforgettable experience... or: Shout out to Hollywood! Originality can still be found in a few drawers! (03.05.2008)

Creator-chameleon Marc Foster has again chosen a subject that we wouldn’t expect from him - a variation on The Truman Show. And, as usual, he filmed an outstanding picture that is like all of his previous ones, although it trips up a little with the not completely kosher ending. However, this time this comes after such a gush of originality, playful narrative techniques, disarming ideas and visual tricks that it doesn’t really matter. Everything here is like clockwork - the actors is outstanding, the screenplay too and if you add to this the sure-handed and ingenious directing, it’s hard not to fall in love with this story about this boring guy, Harold Crick. Despite the ending which I would have preferred if it had come a few minutes sooner. (25.07.2007)

One of my greatest film experiences of the past year, with excellent acting and a top-notch original screenplay. It is a film about fate, about dying, and about love for life, but presented in a comedic form. The acclaimed writer, who reflects her constant depression and suicidal tendencies in tragic novels, where she ruthlessly destroys her fictional characters, has no idea that her latest protagonist, a dry tax official without imagination, has a real-life image and, by a twist of fate, the writer begins to control his future from above. However, her protagonist hears the story of his life, realizes that his perspective is probably not very joyful, and tries to defy his fate. Forster's movie is full of absurd dialogues, clever directing elements, and truly black humor. Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal are very good in the lead roles, but the biggest star is Emma Thompson as the British writer. The scene where she goes to the hospital for inspiration on how to send off her fictional character from the world, and is dissatisfied because she sees many seriously ill people but none of whom are dying, and she pesters the staff to show her someone about to die, represents, in a way, the pinnacle of how far you can go in terms of black humor in a mainstream film. Stranger Than Fiction is a film based on the game between the individual characters and between the director and the screenwriter on one side, and its audience on the other. A clever piece that doesn't come around often. Overall impression: 95%. (29.12.2009)