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Adaptation (2002) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
895 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.89/4 |
# of Ratings: |
187 |
Genres: |
Comedy, Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 12/06/2002 |
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Director: |
Spike Jonze |
Actors: |
Nicolas Cage
Chris Cooper
Meryl Streep
Brian Cox
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Tilda Swinton |
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Plot Outline:
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A screenwriter and his brother try to work to gether to fulfill at least one good story. Their ordintary lives twist and turn into something that no one can even believe!
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Snoogans 02/04/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
Felt like I was reading the screenplay, rather than watching the film itself. There are multiple layers to this meta story, which are partly based on the actual writer's experience. This is a funny and unique story that subverts the act of screenwriting and turns all conventions on their head. |
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donkeyknight 05/03/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
What happens when a desperate mind unravels into mediocrity and cliche? The answer here is creative crazy genius. Kaufman strives to craft a simple story without car chases, drugs, sex, guns, characters making major life changes or songs. The result is a twisted tribute to movies where all these things coexist "so happy together." |
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Bri 12/15/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
One barely even knows what this movie is about, to be honest, but it never fails to hold your interest, especially in the last half hour, when the movie just goes crazy throwing in all kinds of plot twists. I don't really know what point they were trying to make, but I didn't hate it... |
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mitchellyoung 09/13/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
As a filmmaker myself, I liked the self-realized parts of the film and the hefty nods to Robert McKee's Story as an influence. The film is occasionally as neurotic as its characters, occasionally slowing down when it gets caught up in the twisting and turning subplots. Cage's over-acting serves him well here, though. |
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11/06/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Adaptation review |
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It seems the director focused on the messages rather than the entertainment value. Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) was hired to write the screenplay for The Orchid Thief while his brother Donald emulates him. Susan (Meryl Streep) from the New Yorker befriends the flower expert John Laroche (Chris Cooper). Flaws include the overused flashbacks, appropriate direction, sufficient humor and a meandering plot. Performances from Cage, Cooper and Streep were endearing. Another strength was its screenplay: Robert - "People are murdered every day. There's genocide, war, corruption. Every f____ day, somewhere in the world, somebody sacrifices his life to save someone else." Charlie - "I don't want to cram in sex or guns or car chases or characters learning profound life lessons or growing or com... |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
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01/26/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"Adaptation" by Yojimbo |
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A screenwriter struggles with the adaptation of an unstructured and naval gazing book as well as his own neuroses. Adaptation is one of the cleverest and most honest scripts I have ever seen committed to celluloid and is more a film about the process of scriptwriting than anything else. Charlie and his twin brother Donald are clearly two sides of the same character and his struggle to maintain his self respect while at the same time appeasing the studio makes for some very funny and insightful moments. The cast are all great, particularly Nicolas Cage who comes up with easily the best performance of his career. In fact I'm beginning to suspect that there was no camera trickery at all and that there are actually two of him; Charlie Cage who starred in this, Leaving Las Vegas and Raising Ar... |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
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