Story Line
Charlie Kaufman is 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'.
“From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.”
Top Cast
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Meryl Streep
Susan Orlean
Chris Cooper
John Laroche
Tilda Swinton
Valerie Thomas
Jay Tavare
Matthew Osceola
Litefoot
Russell
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
2002-12-06
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
ComedyCrimeDrama
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User Reviews (2)
Gimly
5/10
•7/26/2020I'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._
CinemaSerf
7/10
•4/18/2022When 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...