# Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

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**Runtime**: 113 min
**Genres**: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Marc Forster
**Written by**: Zach Helm
**Starring**: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Tony Hale

> *Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A man finally notices his own life after an inescapable audio editor starts narrating it, and decides to find the author before the next deadline. His tax forms might never be filed again. The universe, however, shows no signs of rewriting his destiny.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral, surreal, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.5/10 (243394 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 73% · Metacritic 67/100

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