Review of Adaptation. (2002) by Deanomite — 07 Feb 2020
This movie is a chemical reaction where Charlie Kaufman with all his neuroses merges with Nicolas Cage with all his neuroses. What we end up with is a Jungian meditation on identity and discovery, the value of uncertainty, the lack of control in life.
How most of our experiences are unavoidable despite our best efforts to engineer them. The best performance by Chris Cooper, who gets to express more than anger. The best performance of Nicolas Cage, who gets do essentially do a Woody Allen impression.
He takes awkwardness to new heights, the best performance of Meryl Streep. I just love the idea of twin brothers arguing about multiple personality disorder. I like what Ebert said: "To watch the film is to be actively involved in the challenge of it's creation.
" I don't know how they ended up with a movie where Cage masturbates several times while berating himself for being pathetic and narcissistic. I like that the thesis of the movie seems to be that drugs make people fascinated, and are hence the goal of passion seekers.
This review of Adaptation. (2002) was written by Deanomite on 07 Feb 2020.
Adaptation. has generally received very positive reviews.
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