Movie · Comedy · Drama

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.

2006 · 1h 53m
Director Marc Forster

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Stranger Than Fiction

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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.

COMMON SENSE

Touching dramedy is heavy; some violence, cursing.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.2
Reviews 176
Fresh 128
Rotten 48

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Studio
Crick Pictures LLC
Released
2006
Run Time
1 hr 53 min
Rated
PG-13 for some disturbing images, sexuality, brief language and nudity.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2006 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Original Audio
English
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English (United States) (AAC)

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English (United States) (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.