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Adaptation. Reviews

2002

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Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald freeloads off his sibling and .. Read more

Starring	Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Director	Spike Jonze
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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- Witty, inventive, playful movie about a blocked writer trying out various approaches to intractable material before relying on Hollywood clichés to get him through to the end; it's much funnier than it sounds, aided by some stylish direction and expertly
- 32573
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  - 4
  A truly surreal and enthralling film
  
  When Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, was asked to write an adaptation of Susan Orlean's bestseller, The Orchid Thief, I don&#... read more »
  
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  - Chickenmaster
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 02 Nov 2003 at 18:13
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  Well worth sticking with it! Gains pace as you watch, to an unexpected ending!
  
  I loved this, slow to start off, but built to some crazy, fast paced action and thrills at the end!! It is slightly off beat and quirky, to say the least, and ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Feb 2012 at 20:55
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  Adapt your mind to fit.
  
  A bit of a mixed bag, this one. I watched it for a second time and got a lot more out of it. It darts forward and back, as do many other films, and on first ... read more »
  
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- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 05 Oct 2011 at 12:18
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  Too slow for cool
  
  For some reason, I'd remembered this film with fondness. Mistake! The script is inventive but turgid, well-acted but boring. You want to like it - you ... read more »
  
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- - BigMeUp
  - 268 reviews
  - Midlands, UK
  - 04 Aug 2011 at 20:43
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  Naff Naff
  
  This film is just awful ! This film is just awful ! This film is just awful ! This film is just awful !
  
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  - 28 Jun 2011 at 11:16
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  Being John Malkovic it isn't
  
  Being John Malkovic was extremely inventive - this wasn't, sorry but I disagree with most on here, I found it boring
  
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  - 06 Jun 2011 at 08:54
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  excellent
  
  Excellent storyline and amazing performances from the cast, especially Nicolas Cage and Cara Seymour.
  
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  - Manchester, England
  - 08 May 2011 at 18:52
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  Innovative film
  
  It's difficult to describe this film, except to say that it is both witty and profound in equal measure. The plot is elusive and leaves you guessing for the... read more »
  
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- - JamesAndLauren
  - 3 reviews
  - UK
  - 09 Jan 2011 at 12:29
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  - 4
  A disappointing film
  
  A vehicle for the stars in it. Contorted plot with few opportunities to enjoy a real story line. Being JM was so much better than this.
  
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- - rainbowmaker
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  - Salcombe
  - 18 Aug 2010 at 18:50
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  Adaptation 2002
  
  Sometimes Nicolas Cage films are slow to start, this being one, the part that he played, and playing a double part was difficult, it progressed and ended well... read more »
  
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  - Buckie
  - 02 May 2010 at 10:51
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  Too self-conscious to be funny.
  
  Maybe I just didn't 'get' this film but all I ended up being was frustrated and disappointed. I found it to be way too self-conscious of its own ... read more »
  
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- - vickyindisguise
  - 9 reviews
  - Banbury
  - 28 Mar 2010 at 23:30
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- - 59
  - 4
  A truly surreal and enthralling film
  
  When Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter behind Being John Malkovich, was asked to write an adaptation of Susan Orlean's bestseller, The Orchid Thief, I don&#... read more »
  
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- 294535
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  - Chickenmaster
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 02 Nov 2003 at 18:13
- - 24
  - 6
  Phillip Kaufman - the new Woody Allen?
  
  A rich, charmingly self-aware, always amusing, often hilarious, and sometimes frustrating movie - about a screenplay embedded within a screenplay, and reality ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 04 Sep 2003 at 09:53
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  Concentrate or you'll lose the plot
  
  If you didn't like Being John Malkovich then don't bother watching this movie as its like a cross between that and Get Shorty.
  
  The ironies ... read more »
  
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- - Michelle
  - Shepperton
  - 11 Dec 2003 at 16:34
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  - 7
  Oh deary me....
  
  What a disappointment this film was. I liked Being John Malkovich but this has none of the amusing qualities of that film. It’s a dangerous idea to take ... read more »
  
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- - blunderwood
  - East Sussex
  - 05 Apr 2004 at 14:29
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  One of the great 'Screenwriters' movies
  
  One of the great Screenwriters movies (along with Barton Fink and In A Lonely Place). Charlie Kaufman’s clever, funny, reality-bending screenplay would be ... read more »
  
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- - gordoncrombie
  - Manchester
  - 24 Feb 2004 at 10:50
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  Writer shines in his own spotlight
  
  Charlie Kaufman thrusts himself into the spotlight in this movie, by making himself the chief protagonist of this movie, and the result is a stupendously over ... read more »
  
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- - Aman1
  - Middlesex
  - 20 Aug 2004 at 17:22
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  - 2
  Loved it!
  
  I don't have the skill to encompass the complexity of this film in a review, I will just say that if you are a fan of intelligent, thought provoking cinema... read more »
  
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- - CarolineM
  - London
  - 25 Nov 2003 at 13:40
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  - 5
  Disappointing
  
  I love Being John Malkovich - it's a wonderful, highly original, brilliantly made and entertaining film, but i didn't like this and was really ... read more »
  
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  - Herts
  - 16 Mar 2004 at 23:19
- - 8
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  Self Conscious and Surreal
  
  We begin on the set of Being John Malkovich and via a stream of consciousness narrative, we are taken on a convoluted helter skelter trip through the movie ... read more »
  
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- - DottyG
  - Middlesbrough
  - 10 May 2005 at 14:56
- - 8
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  As a fan of Being John...
  
  As a fan of Being John Malkovich, this was a must see. Nicolas Cage is superb as the twin writers Charlie and Donald Kaufman. Charlie is shy and neurotic, ... read more »
  
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- - dodger#1
  - GOOLE
  - 11 Oct 2003 at 10:08

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Critics' reviews
- Witty, inventive, playful movie about a blocked writer trying out various approaches to intractable material before relying on Hollywood clichés to get him through to the end; it's much funnier than it sounds, aided by some stylish direction and expertly
- 32573
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...[Featuring] Nicolas Cage in his lightest, loosest, best performance since MOONSTRUCK....ADAPTATION demonstrates that Kaufman, the real Charlie Kaufman, has a rare and really weird talent....The guy is fun..."
- 11620
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Mr. Cage and Mr. Jonze share a casual, daredevil sensibility, and the two of them -- or should I say the three of them? -- pull off one of the most amazing technical stunts in recent film history..."
- 11622
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Every bit as clever and surprising as MALKOVICH....Streep gives a quietly alert performance that permits emotional revelation in well-judged stages..."
- 11627
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...Few scripts toss more challenging balls in the air, and Jonze juggles them all with artful, light-stepping ease. It's magic..."
- 11624
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- Something of a shrinking violet, Charlie Kaufman (Cage) is struggling to adapt Susan Orlean's non-fiction book The... read more on Time Out
- 45860
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16

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  Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ...