Stranger Than Fiction

Many Hollywood actors have a very specific role that they can do very well, and sometimes they become typecast and never play anything but that one type of character. This is most commonly seen in the comedy scene, because a comedians and people of the like will be cast in a movie and their actual acting talent is questionable. Then there are people like Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love and Will Ferrell in this film, Stranger Than Fiction, who land a role with a serious tone and really surprise you with their performances.

Stranger Than Fiction is the story of Harold Crick, played by Farrell, an IRS agent and the most average person you can probably think of. He brushes all of his teeth the same amount of times, ties his tie the same way every time, and runs the same pace to catch his bus at the same time every morning for work. The film has a narrator telling you all of these things, and one morning, Harold himself hears this woman narrating his life. She continues day after day, and Harold seeks the help of literature professor Jules Hilbert, played by Dustin Hoffman, to find out what is happening. When the narrator tells him of his imminent death, Harold has to find if his story is a comedy or tragedy to see if he can re-write his own story.