Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Critic Reviews

While Stranger Than Fiction traffics in a bit of darkly funny existential anxiety, it also finds room for romantic fantasy and sentimental uplift.Read the full review

Intricately plotted without being contrived and exhilarating in its eccentricity.Read the full review

Seems to suffer from low self-esteem. Why can't this movie see that it doesn't need a hulking meta-narrative apparatus to make us care about its story? It had us at hello--or would have, if not for the excess of high-concept trickery.Read the full review

There's a problem: This romance isn't developed enough to be truly satisfying -- it's fat-free SnackWell's when you want Godiva. It's not the original story we signed up for -- or thought we did.Read the full review

Stranger than Fiction is a wonderful cinematic experience - a welcome way to spend a chilly autumn evening.Read the full review

Pulls us along in a state of pleasant expectation.Read the full review

In practice, "Fiction" isn't nearly that unusual. Less like "Adaptation" than a smarter version of "Click," the picture pleases while remaining unchallenging to a broad audience.Read the full review

A refreshingly grown-up comedy, "Stranger" is a charming film that is unafraid to be low-key in ways that studio releases seldom are.Read the full review

In a film that easily could have been cold or ironical, Ferrell provides the emotional thrust.Read the full review