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Adaptation Movie Rating: 
Hilarious | |
| Hired to adapt a plotless nonfiction book by real-life author Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) about a fanatical horticulturist (Chris Cooper), neurotic screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) struggles to craft a story out of its deeply layered, esoteric musings without relying on overused Hollywood conventions. Meanwhile, after attending a screenwriting seminar, his jocular twin brother, Douglas (Cage again), plows through the writing of his first screenplay, cheerfully embracing the formulaic principles Charlie scorns. | |
| This quasi-autobiographical flick from director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is every bit as innovative and puzzling as their wonderfully bizarre Being John Malkovich. Exceedingly complex, it challenges viewers by shrewdly utilizing every moviemaking cliche it lampoons, from car chases to romantic entanglements to life-altering epiphanies. |
Nicolas Cage in Adaptation.©2002 Columbia Pictures. |
| Consequently, watching it takes a little work, but it's definitely worth the effort. | |
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