YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE

So, I made this picture a bit small. It's Will Ferrell playing guitar in Stranger Than Fiction...just to clarify.

I think I may have just seen the movie of the year in my opinion. Granted, I am waiting for The Fountain which may the big winner. Still, I absolutely loved this film. I don't want to tell you all too much because part of the greatness of the movie is going through it with Will's character, Harold Crick.

I can tell you the following:

Will F. completely pulls this off! I didn't get around to seeing the movie he did with Woody Allen so I'm not sure what he did with his part there. But, much like I was surprised by Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love, I was rewarded here with Mr. Ferrell's performance. I found myself identifying with Harold to an almost frightening extent. In alot of ways, Harold is the straight man in his life story and Will's performance made me cry a couple of times.

Maggie G. rocks the house as always. Emma is a goddess whom I would gladly pay to read the phone book to me with any comments she'd like to inject. The script was amazing and the music was some of the best I've heard all year. The two guys responsible are one of the dudes from the band Spoon and the man behind the soundtracks for Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette, and Thumbsucker. And finally, the direction was spot on. I'd just seen the movie Stay, which I believe was directed by the same guy. Visually, Stay was really interesting and it seemed as though the director took some of the lessons learned from that film and fleshed them out here.

Seriously, GO SEE THIS MOVIE.

WATCH IT:

Prime Suspect 7 on PBS--Helen Mirren's swan song for one of the best female characters ever created for TV.

LISTEN TO IT:

Spoon--The Book I Write--written for the Stranger Than Fiction soundtrack...just a great pop/rock song that captured the feel of the movie.