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(1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1   "[J]ust the kind of numbskull movie that critics call 'smart'."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale "This creative film presents a whimsical story that entertains us while also making us think about our own mortality and what's important in life."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker D+ "Fiction is one large false start, unable to claw out of the pit of its own toxic self-awareness."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 3.5/5 "as natural as milk and cookies"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin C- ""Stranger Than Fiction" is a sterile and pedantic comedy that tells much more than it shows."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The movie's vigorous efforts to channel Charlie Kaufman and Andrew Niccol, leave it looking rather familiar, not strange at all."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 5/5 "This is a genuine marvel of a movie."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3/4 "...a Charlie Kaufman movie with actual characters and a storyline worth following."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C- "It's the kind of middlebrow film that pretends it's arty and thinks it's so smart."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "A darkly whimsical dramedy that manages to walk the line between mainstream and unconventional."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "No es ni una comedia, ni una tragedia, ni una historia de amor, ni una fábula. Es ni más ni menos que una idea original mal desarrollada, que no entretiene lo suficiente y que conduce a ninguna parte."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "Never self-consciously wacky or cloyingly sentimental, Stranger Than Fiction is instead a breezy, sweet comedy."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "The link between comedy and tragedy is closer than Ferrell believes but the line isn't as clever as it should be and not nearly as profound as it believes it is."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "It's feel-good for real, uplifting in a meaningful way, and I loved it."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "It could have been great. But it's just okay."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. "Suggests how cleverness can suffocate people"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce C "Despite its pretensions to be unusual, oddly imitative and ordinary...less like a story you find clever and surprising than like a book you've read before."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "An endearing comedy about the spiritual transformation of a rigid, shy, and lonely I.R.S. agent whose life is upended by forces beyond his control."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "It takes a great premise and runs with it, neither wasting opportunities nor going off on tangents. It features strong work from both the main and supporting actors, and manages seamlessly to incorporate both humor and poignancy."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/5 "In many ways, Harold does not come across as a real character. He is more of a conceit than anything, defined entirely by quirky character traits, rather than simple humanity."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 2/4 "A striking implosion of incongruent themes."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 8/10 "A surprising, pathos-generating performance by Ferrell ... For the first time in a long time I really hoped a movie's main character wouldn't die."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 2.5/4 "Though there are enough interesting moments to keep it refreshing, Mr. Helm's script never rises above its conceit to reach the giddy Charlie Kaufman heights to which it aspires."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 4.5/5 "Who hasn't imagined that they're a main character in a book or movie? Perhaps it is this manic egocentric nature of my personality that made me fall in love with the film."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C+ "...the film also closes on a less than inspired note, but the filmmakers fail to take advantage of the literary irony."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "A trippy trifle from the Charlie Kaufman/Michel Gondry school of pop metafiction."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh B+ "Ultimately it's about fully embracing life rather than staying locked in our habits and comfort zones, hardly a new moral to the story in the history of cinema, but Stranger Than Fiction brings vitality to the shopworn message."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "The blending of the intellectual and the emotional that Stranger Than Fiction achieves is so rare, and so rarely done this well. So few films are so fully satisfying on every level like this one is."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "There may have been some room for improvement, but the movie still has a lot of things to recommend it. Stranger Than Fiction is funny and poignant at the same time."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "the star, fittingly, for this meditation on the power of stories, is the script -- exceptionally clever, knowledgeable about literature and narrative structure, filled with sly humor but also as warmly delectable as one of Pascal's cookies."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C "Such a featherweight nothing that it engenders only indifference."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 "Consegue desenvolver sua história de forma sempre interessante e com uma sensibilidade que certamente surpreenderá aqueles que forem ao cinema esperando assistir a uma comédia (algo que este longa não é)."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3.5/5 "Sure, [Crick's] more a caricature than a fully fleshed out person, but he reacts to his increasingly unbelievable situation with unexpected...believability."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4.5/5 "A sharply clever script, witty direction and terrific performances across the board."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B- "As a philosophical study, it's shaky beyond belief, but as a humorous trifle, it admirably makes up the difference."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "Smarter than the usual comedy and the romance is more powerful than one would expect from a romantic comedy."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 2/4 "A decent premise caves under scrutiny, exposing (Fiction) as one long setup that lacks a punch line."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 7/10 "It's the trippy process of storytelling that counts."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 3/4 "A backhanded compliment to call it the first real disappointment of the season."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 40) of 40 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1