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Adaptation. (2002)

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All Time

of 190,142

485

2000's

of 34,011

116

2002

of 8,086

15
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  284
  
  Drama of 2002
  
  of 1,059
  
  8
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  66

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Adaptation. (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1325

Avg Critic Score:3.0903

Adaptation. (2002) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is--a confounding story about orchid thieves and screenwriters, elegant New Yorkers and scruffy swamp rats, truth and fiction. ...read the complete Adaptation. movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

What a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is. ...read the complete Adaptation. movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Screenwriting this smart, inventive, passionate and rip-roaringly funny is a rare species. It's magic. ...read the complete Adaptation. movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Few scripts toss more challenging balls in the air, and Jonze juggles them all with artful, light-stepping ease. It's magic. ...read the complete Adaptation. movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

As ingenious as it was, who else thought Being John Malkovich � conceived by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and Director Spike Jonze � was just a little too wacky for it's own good Good. ...read the complete Adaptation. movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

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Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)

A daring and gleeful rearrangement of film grammar and a zinging ode to the imagination....read the complete Adaptation. (2002) review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)

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Man Who Viewed Too Much (Mike D'Angelo)

What makes Adaptation more than just a clever stunt is the way that Laroche's fickle enthusiasm, Orlean's quiet longing and "Kaufman"'s paralyzing self-doubt dovetail to form a potent, funny-sad disquisition on the value of compromise....read the complete Adaptation. (2002) review at Man Who Viewed Too Much (Mike D'Angelo)

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Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)

At the end of the day, though, this is Charlie Kaufman's movie and I'm not sure he proves quite the visionary puppetmaster many in the media are making him out to be....read the complete Adaptation. (2002) review at Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)

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Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)

The most overrated movie of the year (of all time?) by people who should know better....read the complete Adaptation. (2002) review at Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)

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