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An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to effect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
LONG SYNOPSIS: Will Ferrell stars as Harold Crick, a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold discovers he's the main character in a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), an eccentric author famous for killing her main characters in creative ways. Harold must quickly track down Eiffel and stop her before she conjures up a way to finish him off.
FRENCH LONG SYNOPSIS:
Will Ferrell incarne Harold Crick, un agent du fisc taciturne, dont l'existence est bouleversée depuis qu'il entend la voix d'une étrange narratrice commenter sa vie. Avec l'aide du professeur Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold découvre qu'il est le personnage principal d'un roman en écriture et que la voix est celle de Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), une excentrique romancière réputée pour faire mourir ses personnages de façon inusitée. Harold doit rapidement retracer Eiffel et contrer ses plans avant qu'elle ne trouve un moyen d'en finir avec lui.
An IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to effect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
LONG SYNOPSIS: Will Ferrell stars as Harold Crick, a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold discovers he's the main character in a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), an eccentric author famous for killing her main characters in creative ways. Harold must quickly track down Eiffel and stop her before she conjures up a way to finish him off.
FRENCH LONG SYNOPSIS:
Will Ferrell incarne Harold Crick, un agent du fisc taciturne, dont l'existence est bouleversée depuis qu'il entend la voix d'une étrange narratrice commenter sa vie. Avec l'aide du professeur Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold découvre qu'il est le personnage principal d'un roman en écriture et que la voix est celle de Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), une excentrique romancière réputée pour faire mourir ses personnages de façon inusitée. Harold doit rapidement retracer Eiffel et contrer ses plans avant qu'elle ne trouve un moyen d'en finir avec lui.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World,
By Jody Cairns "Steel White Table" (NB, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Stranger Than Fiction (Widescreen) (DVD)
A boring man with a boring life hears a voice describing his actions (but much more literate, as he confesses in the movie) as if the voice is telling the story of his life: how he brushes his teeth, how he walks to work, and how he may die. With the confounding relevation of his mortality, he decides to live a better life while trying to figure out the author of his narrative.This is a dramatic fantasy, in the vein of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, where the fantasy is believable given the great acting, setting, and story. It's a touching, intelligent film that has some clichés (my wife predicted the protagonist's end), which I can imagine critics clawing into to rip it apart; but still, it worked for me. Incidentally, there's a great scene where the protagonist plays a nice song on an acoustic guitar: (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World by Wreckless Eric, which was a hit in the seventies. I found the mp3 for it (I'm guessing it'll be inaccessible in a month, now that the movie is doing well and everyone will be googling it, like me), and the lyrics are available at the songwriter's website. It's a simple song: E and A. That's it. For the chorus, strum the E a bar longer than the rest of the song.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Story About Illusions, Love, and A Journey To Discovery,
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This review is from: Stranger Than Fiction (Widescreen) (DVD)
I watched this dvd last night, and it was very enjoyable, in my opinion. It supposed to be a comedy, but it is more like a drama where Will Ferrell's character, Harold, tries to find out who's the voice narrating in his head and try to find her with the help of a literature professor (Dustin Hoffman) before his "imminent death" while the morbid author Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson) trying to figure out how to kill Harold (unknowning that he's real) with the help of her assistant played by Queen Latifah.The cast of this film delivers an excellent story about illusions, love, and a journey to discovery. Personally, I really enjoyed this film.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Death and taxes,
By Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Stranger Than Fiction (Widescreen) (DVD)
Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):1. Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is a tax man. As a matter of fact, he's the kind of serious tax man that the Beatles sang about: "Now my advice for those who die, (Taxman!) Declare the pennies on your eyes, (Taxman!) `Cos I'm the Taxman." 2. Crick begins hearing a female voice in his head narrating his life, and starts to take it really seriously when she starts talking about impending doom. 3. You've heard that the two inevitable things are death and taxes 4. You may be half right Will Ferrell is really good in this role as an ill-fated character, and gets good support from Maggie Gyllenhaal as a sassy baker, Dustin Hoffman as a literature professor and Emma Thompson as a famous writer. Queen Latifah is mostly under-utilized, but makes the most of her limited screen time anyway. Recommended as a Sunday rental to go with muffins and cookies - milk optional. Harold Crick: "This may sound like gibberish to you, but I think I'm in a tragedy." Amanda Richards
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