Ruuz
I'm reacting the way the world does to movies about making movies about making movies. I mean come on, Charlie Kaufman, some of us have work in the morning, damn.
Final rating:½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal.
Adaptation.
- Comedy
- Crime
- Drama
12/6/2002
115
R
From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
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- Revenue:
- $32,800,000
- Budget:
- $19,000,000
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Cast
- Nicolas CageCharlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- Meryl StreepSusan Orlean
- Chris CooperJohn Laroche
- Tilda SwintonValerie Thomas
- Jay TavareMatthew Osceola
- LitefootRussell
- Roger WillieRandy
- Jim BeaverRanger Tony
- Cara SeymourAmelia Kavan
- Doug JonesAugustus Margary
- Gary FarmerBuster Baxley
- Peter JasonDefense Attorney
- Gregory ItzinProsecutor
- Curtis HansonOrlean's Husband
- Agnes NaDene BaddooOrlean Dinner Guest
- Paul FortuneOrlean Dinner Guest
Reviews
Geronimo1967
When you watch some of Nicolas Cage's more recent stuff you do wonder how on earth he ever became a star in the first place. Well, this is one of the films that reminds us why. He is a struggling screenwriter ("Charlie") charged with adapting a novel about orchids written by "Susan Orlean" (Meryl Streep). Mental block would be putting it mildly - he simply has no idea how to make it work for "Valerie" (easily one of the less abstruse roles played by Tilda Swinton). Moreover, he is constantly hassled by his twin brother "Donald" who is writing his own story - one that his sibling thinks is riddled with flaws and inconsistencies. The book he must adapt centres around the activities of "Laroche" (Chris Cooper) who had a habit of going with his...