Some of you may be curious about the new Will Ferral film, Stranger Than Fiction. What you should first do is throw the idea that it’s a Will Ferral film out the window. I know a lot of people have prejudged this film on the star alone and that some of you don’t like the bulk of Ferral’s work. I personally love him, but this is not typical Talladega Nights or Anchorman fare. Just get it out of your head that it will be like any other movie you’ve seen him in or for that matter any other movie you’ve seen this year.

Stranger Than Fiction may be likened to the films I Heart Huckabees or Eternal Sunshine. It may remind you of when any comedic actor takes serious roles that then prove to an audience that, yes, they can act. These things aside the film stands on it’s own as a unique vision of what would happen if fiction could dictate reality. It’s not as much as mind fuck as it sounds though. The film uses some familiar devices to push it’s premise along and it is very funny. The reason why it is so funny is that Ferral is able to play the perfect straight man who is completely normal in almost everyway. As the film goes on his character becomes more layered as someone that an audience can relate to in many ways. Emma Thompson’s eccentric cigarette saving writer character is what alot of us can picture hermit writers to be like but at the same time she is so much more than that

That is what makes this movie so wonderful. All of the characters are so well drawn. I felt as if I knew each one of them and could connect to them. So many films today have characters that fall flat because they do exactly what their stereotypes dictate and in that way become campy. We may enjoy watching them because of their predictability, but they certainly do not feel human. The people in this film feel very human and also very real. It is amazing how they have been brought to life by such a talented cast.

This film is definitely ranked as one of the best things that I have seen this year. I refused to waste my money on Borat or Jackass II. This is the comedy to see. Ferral is brilliant and you should probably go see for yourself why it is so good. It is better than anything I could write here about it.