Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
starring: Jim Beaver, Nicolas Cage, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Gary Farmer
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Nicholas cage is a confused l.A. Screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacysexual frustration self-loathing and by the screenwriting ambitions of his free-loading twin brother (also played by cage).Studio: Sony Pictures Home EntRelease Date: 10/23/2007Starring: Nicholas Cage Chris CooperRun time: 115 minutesRating: RDirector: Spike Jonze
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Twisty brilliance from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director SpikeJonze, the team who created Being John Malkovich. Nicolas Cage returns toform with a funny, sad, and sneaky performance as Charlie Kaufman, aself-loathing screenwriter who has been hired to adapt Susan Orlean's book TheOrchid Thief into a screenplay. Frustrated and infatuated by Orlean'selegant but plotless book (which is largely a rumination on flowers), Kaufmanbegins to write a screenplay about himself trying to write a screenplay aboutThe Orchid Thief, all the while hounded by his twin brother Donald (Cageagain), who's cheerfully writing the kind of formulaic action movie that Kaufmanfinds repugnant. By its conclusion, Adaptation is the most artisticallyambitious, most utterly cynical, and most uncategorizable movie ever to come outof Hollywood. Also starring Meryl Streep (as Susan Orlean), Chris Cooper, TildaSwinton, and Brian Cox; superb performances throughout. --Bret Fetzer
Nicholas cage is a confused l.A. Screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacysexual frustration self-loathing and by the screenwriting ambitions of his free-loading twin brother (also played by cage).Studio: Sony Pictures Home EntRelease Date: 10/23/2007Starring: Nicholas Cage Chris CooperRun time: 115 minutesRating: RDirector: Spike Jonze
Amazon.com:
Twisty brilliance from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director SpikeJonze, the team who created Being John Malkovich. Nicolas Cage returns toform with a funny, sad, and sneaky performance as Charlie Kaufman, aself-loathing screenwriter who has been hired to adapt Susan Orlean's book TheOrchid Thief into a screenplay. Frustrated and infatuated by Orlean'selegant but plotless book (which is largely a rumination on flowers), Kaufmanbegins to write a screenplay about himself trying to write a screenplay aboutThe Orchid Thief, all the while hounded by his twin brother Donald (Cageagain), who's cheerfully writing the kind of formulaic action movie that Kaufmanfinds repugnant. By its conclusion, Adaptation is the most artisticallyambitious, most utterly cynical, and most uncategorizable movie ever to come outof Hollywood. Also starring Meryl Streep (as Susan Orlean), Chris Cooper, TildaSwinton, and Brian Cox; superb performances throughout. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: 
- Over-the-Top and Brilliant - One of a Kind Film
As a writer I would have loved to give this 5 stars, but it was just too much at times.
The script was slow, meandering, shocking, literary and character-driven.In other words impossible to make into a film.
Not so fast.The film was brilliant, engrossing, hysterical, fantastical and complex.
I came to this with fresh eyes, not having seen Being John Malkovich or knowing the work of director Spike Jonze.
Certainly the work on this film was conducted ... Read More
Rating: 
- Worst Movie Ever
This movie was BY FAR the worst movie I have EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, that is not an exaggeration. When I saw it, I went for free to the Sneak preview screening compliments of my local radio station, so I didn't actually waste any money on this atrocity (thank the gods). However, It was so utterly bad that I felt I had still been wronged for having wasted my TIME having gone. In addition, this movie has in fact ruined Nicholas Cage for me FOREVER, I cannot take him seriously anymore. The worst mistake he ever ... Read More
Rating: 
- Thinker
"Adaptation.", on a superficial level, is a drama-comedy that is self-referential and existent in the vein of literature. At first assessment, one would suspect that Kaufman was not entirely true to the source material, as though he instead warped Orlean's work ("The Orchid Thief")as a footnote to his own. Deeper analysis indicates this couldn't be anymore wrong. "Adaptation." is about passion and about how a lack of it can make a person existentially miserable. I could make a substantial argument that the ... Read More
Rating: - Adaptation is a Profound Thing
I've only just seen this movie but I'm sure that I'll buy it.It's definetely more complex than you would think in the beginning, "Is he his twin or is he a dissociative identity disorder piece?Is this adapted from a fictional book or a nonfictional one?And why did I just see one of the twins lying on his back in 'that' room?"I've only seen it once but I'm sure I'll have the answers to all those by the 4th time around or so.I really like this movie, it had me on the edge of my seat booming with the ... Read More
Rating: - 3.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Adaptation is a movie that gets more and more witty and entertaining the more you think about it; while some of the reviewers on the site seem to indicate they found the movie too clever by half, you may rest assured that this movie is just clever enough.
- Over-the-Top and Brilliant - One of a Kind FilmAs a writer I would have loved to give this 5 stars, but it was just too much at times.
The script was slow, meandering, shocking, literary and character-driven.In other words impossible to make into a film.
Not so fast.The film was brilliant, engrossing, hysterical, fantastical and complex.
I came to this with fresh eyes, not having seen Being John Malkovich or knowing the work of director Spike Jonze.
Certainly the work on this film was conducted ... Read More
- Worst Movie EverThis movie was BY FAR the worst movie I have EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, that is not an exaggeration. When I saw it, I went for free to the Sneak preview screening compliments of my local radio station, so I didn't actually waste any money on this atrocity (thank the gods). However, It was so utterly bad that I felt I had still been wronged for having wasted my TIME having gone. In addition, this movie has in fact ruined Nicholas Cage for me FOREVER, I cannot take him seriously anymore. The worst mistake he ever ... Read More
- Thinker"Adaptation.", on a superficial level, is a drama-comedy that is self-referential and existent in the vein of literature. At first assessment, one would suspect that Kaufman was not entirely true to the source material, as though he instead warped Orlean's work ("The Orchid Thief")as a footnote to his own. Deeper analysis indicates this couldn't be anymore wrong. "Adaptation." is about passion and about how a lack of it can make a person existentially miserable. I could make a substantial argument that the ... Read More
- Adaptation is a Profound ThingI've only just seen this movie but I'm sure that I'll buy it.It's definetely more complex than you would think in the beginning, "Is he his twin or is he a dissociative identity disorder piece?Is this adapted from a fictional book or a nonfictional one?And why did I just see one of the twins lying on his back in 'that' room?"I've only seen it once but I'm sure I'll have the answers to all those by the 4th time around or so.I really like this movie, it had me on the edge of my seat booming with the ... Read More
- 3.5 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
Adaptation is a movie that gets more and more witty and entertaining the more you think about it; while some of the reviewers on the site seem to indicate they found the movie too clever by half, you may rest assured that this movie is just clever enough.
