About this episode

Ryan Ellis discusses the film 'Stranger Than Fiction' and its unique blend of comedy and drama.

Will Ferrell's popularity peaked right around 20 years ago, but he was about as huge as comedy stars got in 2006. In Marc Forster's Stranger Than Fiction, he isn't goofing around...although maybe that was to his fans' discontent. And he's not in tragedy or a comedy, but a dramedy...and the man who had always gone big proved he could also play quiet, nerdy and sad. Emma Thompson is a famous author writing & narrating everything he does...and it upends his life. Falling for the woman he's auditing--the Maggie Gyllenhaal character--upends it too. Stranger Than Fiction also has Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah and Tony Hale doing good work in a pretty great movie. So, taxman, strap on your trusty wristwatch as I dig into a touching filmic experience in this 751st edition of Have You Ever Seen. Rate this podcast and maybe even jot down some words in the form of a review. Subscribe, of course, and do some social-media following. I'm "@moviefiend51" on Twitter, "Ryan-Ellis" on Bluesky, "RyanHYES" on Letterboxd and "haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com" is the email.

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