Rent Adaptation. (2002)
3.4 of 5 from 251 ratings
1h 50min
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- Synopsis:
- Director Spike Jonze delivers a stunningly original comedy that seamlessly blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche (Cooper), New Yorker journalist Susan Orlean (Streep), Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Cage), and his twin brother Donald (also Cage). As Charlie struggles to adapt Orlean's best-selling book "The Orchid Thief," he writes himself into his own movie. The various stories crash into one another exploding into a wildly imaginative film. .
- Actors:
- Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Jay Tavare, Litefoot, Roger Willie, Jim Beaver, Cara Seymour, Doug Jones, Stephen Tobolowsky, Gary Farmer, Peter Jason, Gregory Itzin, Curtis Hanson, Agnes NaDene Baddoo, Paul Fortune, Paul Jasmin, Lisa Love, Wendy Mogel
- Directors:
- Spike Jonze
- Voiced By:
- Nancy Lenehan
- Writers:
- Susan Orlean, Charlie Kaufman
- Others:
- Charlie Kaufman, Donald Kaufman, Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Collections:
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- Awards:
2003 BAFTA Best Adapted Screen Play
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
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Reviews (3) of Adaptation.
Too clever for its own good. - Adaptation. review by CP Customer
I'm usually a fan of 'Charlie Kaufman' written films, and while the idea of a story within an story is a clever one this just comes off as being a bit too clever for its own good.
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
high hopes dashed. - Adaptation. review by CP Customer
It's definitely not an eternal sunshine or a malkovitch. Too clever for its own good, not funny and another film that just makes me want to thump nicholas cage.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Fantastic and Nuts - Adaptation. review by CP Customer
I can't explain the plot, it's too confusing. Though it is kind of about orchids. If you like 'Enternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and similar watch this.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.