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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for FilmJerk.com (622) on 09 Nov 2006

Fiction is one large false start, unable to claw out of the pit of its own toxic self-awareness…

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 09 Nov 2006

A surprising, pathos-generating performance by Ferrell ... For the first time in a long time I really hoped a movie's main character wouldn't die…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Flipside Movie Emporium (617) on 09 Nov 2006

As a philosophical study, it's shaky beyond belief, but as a humorous trifle, it admirably makes up the difference…

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By Erik Childress (902) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 09 Nov 2006

The link between comedy and tragedy is closer than Ferrell believes but the line isn't as clever as it should be and not nearly as profound…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 09 Nov 2006

Will Ferrell is great with a restrained, earnest performance as a guy who isn't the life of the party, isn't bombastic and loud, but is just…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 09 Nov 2006

the film also closes on a less than inspired note, but the filmmakers fail to take advantage of the literary irony…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 09 Nov 2006

The picture is an overworked trifle: There's so much going on in it that it becomes hard to care about ANYTHING that's going on in it…

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By Kevin Crust (344) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 09 Nov 2006

A refreshingly grown-up comedy, Stranger is a charming film that is unafraid to be low-key in ways that studio releases seldom are…

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By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 09 Nov 2006

Yes, Stranger Than Fiction is a head trip. But it's a very friendly one, and well crafted at that…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 09 Nov 2006

Seems to suffer from low self-esteem…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 09 Nov 2006

There's no joy in seeing Ferrell play an office drone, and the life lessons he learns are of the All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten…

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By Hap Erstein (16) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 09 Nov 2006

Stranger Than Fiction is the most original comedy of the year, a mind-bending tale with one foot in the real world and the other in pure fiction…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 09 Nov 2006

A darkly whimsical dramedy that manages to walk the line between mainstream and unconventional…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 09 Nov 2006

Its brand of dry humor may catch Ferrell fans off-guard…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 09 Nov 2006

Amid all this metafictional hoopla lies the real heart of the movie, a tentative romance between Ferrell and a tax-withholding baker played…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 09 Nov 2006

Despite its pretensions to be unusual, oddly imitative and ordinary...less like a story you find clever and surprising than like a book you've…

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By Rebecca Murray (740) for About.com (1,470) on 09 Nov 2006

Just another run of the mill, disappointingly mediocre comedy…

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By Gene Seymour (406) for Newsday (2,345) on 09 Nov 2006

Sometimes I think movies like Stranger Than Fiction don't experiment with narrative and character as much as cop out on them…

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By Sean Mcbride (367) for Sean the Movie Guy (367) on 08 Nov 2006

Will Ferrell in a reserved, highbrow comedy? Now that is Stranger Than Fiction…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 Nov 2006

An eminently easy-to-watch piece of one-joke pop japery, is a movie that mimics the I'm-a-character-in-my-own-life metaphysical playfulness…

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