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Stranger Than Fiction
2006
· Movie
· 113 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1521
- IMDb #1021
- Google retired #778
- Rotten Tomatoes #1706
- Metacritic #1280
- Letterboxd #1593
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2528
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1079
- Metacritic Critics #1730
- Metacritic Audience #642
- Criticker #1106
- Douban #843
- Kinopoisk #1330
- AlloCiné #2647
- Trakt #1269
Every rating
56–92
out of 100
An IRS auditor suddenly begins hearing a disembodied voice that narrates his life with perfect accuracy. The voice, which belongs to a reclusive author, declares that his death is imminent. He must find the source of the narration and convince the writer to change her story, all while grappling with the existential crisis of discovering his life is predetermined and his mortality is in the hands of another.
Details
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Writer
- Zach Helm
- Released
- 10 November 2006
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $53.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 15 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Supporting Actress | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2006 | Best Writer | Zach Helm | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Will Ferrell | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2006 | Best Original Screenplay | Zach Helm | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2006 | Best Comedy by or About Women | Marc Forster | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2006 | Best Actress in a Comedic Performance | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
| Hollywood Film Awards 2006 | Casting Director of the Year | Francine Maisler (Also for Babel and Miami Vice ) | Winner |
| London Film Critics Circle Awards 2006 | British Supporting Actress of the Year | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
| Best Writer | Zach Helm | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Will Ferrell | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Zach Helm | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Casting Director of the Year | Francine Maisler (Also for Babel and Miami Vice ) | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Zach Helm | Winner |
PEN America Literary Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Zach Helm | Winner |
Saturn Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | Will Ferrell | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Zach Helm | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Comedic Performance | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
| Best Comedy by or About Women | Marc Forster | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Will Ferrell | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| British Supporting Actress of the Year | Emma Thompson | Nominee |
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nominee |