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Adaptation (Widescreen)

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper Director: Spike Jonze
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (189 customer reviews)
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Twisty brilliance from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze, the team who created Being John Malkovich. Nicolas Cage returns to form with a funny, sad, and sneaky performance as Charlie Kaufman, a self-loathing screenwriter who has been hired to adapt Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief into a screenplay. Frustrated and infatuated by Orlean's elegant but plotless book (which is largely a rumination on flowers), Kaufman begins to write a screenplay about himself trying to write a screenplay about The Orchid Thief, all the while hounded by his twin brother Donald (Cage again), who's cheerfully writing the kind of formulaic action movie that Kaufman finds repugnant. By its conclusion, Adaptation is the most artistically ambitious, most utterly cynical, and most uncategorizable movie ever to come out of Hollywood. Also starring Meryl Streep (as Susan Orlean), Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, and Brian Cox; superb performances throughout. --Bret Fetzer


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Le réalisateur Spike Jonze et le scénariste Charlie Kaufman s’affirmaient, en 2000, comme le duo le plus prometteur du cinéma indépendant américain dans l’imaginatif Being John Malkovich. Ils sont de nouveau réunis dans Adaptation, qui, même s’il n’a pas l’éclat du précédent, brille par son originalité.

L’idée est simple : Kaufman avait tenté, en vain, d’adapter le roman Le Vol de l’orchidée, de Susan Orlean. Il a donc pris son propre échec comme sujet de scénario. Nicolas Cage devient ici Charlie Kaufman, scénariste névrosé et peureux, au frère jumeau plus doué. En parallèle nous est racontée la relation entre l’auteure du livre (Meryl Streep) et son sujet, un braconnier d’orchidées (Chris Cooper, oscar du meilleur second rôle masculin).

Voyageant allégrement entre les différents niveaux de réalité, Jonze et Kaufman se questionnent sur la création au cinéma. Malheureusement, les intrigues sont parfois confuses et nuisent à la cohérence de la réflexion, notamment lorsque l’histoire du scénariste et celle de l’auteure se rejoignent dans une tentative malhabile de créer une fin surprenante. En fait, même si l’audace du projet est à saluer, la prédominance du scénario sur la mise en scène est trop souvent déroutante pour qu’Adaptation soit vraiment à la hauteur de ce que les deux compères peuvent offrir. --Helen Faradji

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very whitty, cleverly written movie, April 19 2009
By Travis J. Clark (Miniota, MB Canada) - See all my reviews
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I had no idea what to expect the first time I watched this movie, but it is now one of my favotite movies. Actually after seeing this, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Being John Malkovich I have to say that Charlie Kaufman is definitely my favorite movie writer, as he writes stuff that is more original than most stuff out there, but is also very well written, and uses clever humour kind of like American Beauty.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, Mar 21 2009
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All I can say is WOW! You never know what is going to happen. Every minute you think one thing is going to happen and then it turns and goes in a completely different direction. It's funny, sad, shocking, suspensful, happy, everything. There is no one word to describe this movie.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Amazing Peebs, Feb 7 2005
By Perry Brown (Fort Nelson, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
I quite simply loved this movie it is perfect and unique and every time i watch it i see more and more of its beauty
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4.0 out of 5 stars The becoming cover up!
The absence of creativeness and the absence of absolute commitment , the desperation , the hunger for winning no matter how , the maquiavelian moods and the duality , the... Read more
Published on Jul 16 2004 by Hiram Gomez Pardo

1.0 out of 5 stars uhhhhhh... no.
I guess I should've known better, being that I loathed Being John Malkovich, but I was pretty shlitzed when I hit the video store so what the hell. Read more
Published on Jul 4 2004 by mark twain

5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime Puzzle
I did not see Being John Malkovich. It was brought to screen by Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, but I will correct that error shortly. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004 by R. A Rubin

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Horrible!
Saw this movie thinking it truly must be worth all of the hype. Not that far into it I turned to my friend and said "If Nicholas Cage masturbates one more time, I'm... Read more
Published on Jun 12 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A film of unparalleled genius
Adaptation is the most well-written movie I have ever seen. That statement is kind of ironic after having seen the movie because it is about writer's block and Charlie Kaufman,... Read more
Published on Jun 10 2004 by W. Wade

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple desire wrapped in complexity
I have watched this movie many many times and I never get bored with it. It is truly one of the most original movies of the past ten years. Read more
Published on Jun 7 2004 by Daniel Martin

2.0 out of 5 stars Hollywood: Home of the Sad, Sick and Depressed
Nicolas Cage's performance (in a double role as twin brothers) can convince anyone that a life as an artist in Hollywood is one of loneliness and psychosis. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2004 by Michael Mathena

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing great...
While I wasn't abhorred by this movie, I also didn't find it worthy of my purchase. I don't know if it didn't capture my interests, or if it just wasn't a good movie. Read more
Published on Jun 4 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 stars, actually, but I can't choose that, can I?
The two most wildly innovative screenplays I have seen filmed are "Being John Malkovich" and "Adaptation" - both written by Charlie Kaufman. Read more
Published on Jun 2 2004 by Mark J. Fowler

3.0 out of 5 stars Another cynical Hollywood in joke
...just like Kaufman's stunningly awful "Being John Malkovich", but this time, it's almost entertaining, probably moreso if you dont know what to expect here. Read more
Published on May 29 2004 by Ronald Battista

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