Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction (2006) starring Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman. An IRS auditor named Harold Crick (Ferrell) starts hearing his daily actions being narrated by a disembodied voice (Thompson). It's driving him crazy, until he hears the voice predict his soon-to-occur death. Then things get deadly serious. This is a surprisingly satisfying movie, with everything making sense except the fact that Crick is able to make contact with Karen Eiffel (Thompson), the author who is writing the book in which he is a character. But if you're willing to accept that small bit of illogic, the film hangs together  perfectly, and makes for a very fulfilling story. Gyllenhaal, as the girl that Crick falls in love with, is very appealing, and Hoffman is not bad as the literature professor whom Crick consults. Altogether, a good movie with a satisfying ending. (English subtitles are available for the hard of hearing, as well as closed captions.) Grade: B+