"You need to see how Ferrell switches gears to give a performance of nuanced wit and surprising gravity."
Rolling Stone "Ferrell is strikingly funny railing at the omnipresent voice rattling his life."
Box Office 3 stars out of 4 -- "This is a Ferrell you've never seen before, nailing a role that calls for breakneck humor in the final race against the clock and touching gravity in the love scenes with Gyllenhaal."
Rolling Stone "It is to Mr. Ferrell's credit, and the movie's, that he manages to be interesting without mugging or riffing, but rather by playing a highly controlled man in an impressively controlled manner."
New York Times "[A]n eminently easy-to-watch piece....[The director] gets infectious performances out of Maggie Gyllenhaal...Dustin Hoffman...and Thompson..." -- Grade: B-
Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Ferrell] makes us genuinely root for his bemused hero...It's not often laughs come with so much thought attached..."
Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "The script is brilliant....Thought-provoking..."
Uncut "STRANGER THAN FICTION is particularly impressive in its use of stunning Chicago architecture and excellent production design....The performances are also uniformly excellent."
Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "A delightfully surreal and utterly engaging post-modern film that deftly explores what it means to exist."
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