I haven't seen this creative of a film where there were no animated characters. It is inventive (although, done before with different slants). Without giving anything away, let's just say that life is too short to NOT live the way you want, fulfill your dreams, and be free to be your true self. I know that sounds probably "hippie-corny", but it's what I got out of seeing this. This film has comedy, albeit dark at times, sadness and depression, and true joy and happiness. The realization that sometimes, you need a bit of a curve ball thrown your way to shake you up enough to learn that you are not really and truly living your life. Harold Krick (if I remember correctly), the main character, has routine down perfectly, too much so. People rely on him to be a certain way and display a certain demeanor. And just like touching one dangling piece of a baby's mobile, once a part of him has been "touched" by a very unusual event, the rest of his "routinely perfect" life shakes out to be nothing routine at all. At the same time (again without giving anything away), an author struggles with how and why she usually ends her books, a.k.a., her own routine.
Review of Stranger Than Fiction
