DVD of the Week: Stranger Than Fiction

Reverting back to a singular rec in this dryer, post fall DVD splurge season, I'm happy to offer up this selection for you guys. It's not quite the Charlie Kaufman head trip it was supposed to be, but maybe that's a good thing. Stranger Than Fiction is a light hearted, cleverly plotted comedy starring Will Ferrell as Harold Crick, a shy, tax agent who has somehow become the title character in a novel written by famed author Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson in a scene stealing performance). As he hears his own life being narrated step by step, he starts to become more aware of his daily routine and things begin to get shaken up. He falls for a local baker, played with brilliant passion and whimsy by Maggie Gyllenhaal, and together the two set out to change the ending to Harold's story and rewrite the book of his life.