Stranger Than Fiction

I recently saw the film Stranger Than Fiction starring Will Ferrell. I went into it with a certain mindset that it would simply be another funny Will Ferrell film, with ridiculous dialogue and situations galore. After the first 20 seconds of the film however I knew it was going to be different. It began with a the main character rising and going through his daily routine, but it was accompanied by stylish diagrams showing his methodical method of counting and precision which gave the feeling that you were just as bent towards OCD as he was. The effect was artistically phenomenal and resembled graphic advertising, filled with lines and diagrams showing count, distance, and other factors. The rest of the movie was just as intriguing, with an incredibly interesting plot ranging on the supernatural but touching on such simple concepts as love and sacrifice. The movie culminated with a very edge-of-your-seat situation that is very uncommon of anything other than action films, but it didnt require cliffs, explosions, or guns...just a choice. An excellent movie in my book, funny, emotional, and intriguing, all seemlessly woven together to create a movie that engages the viewer very well.