Searching...
A screenwriter with no self-belief and a freeloading twin brother, struggles with his latest commission and the original author.
...[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...
...The boldest and most imaginative studio film of the year...
...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...
...Cage gives one of his best performances...
...It has all the pleasing confusion of an optical illusion....A dizzying, unique work...
...A wickedly funny movie....It's refreshingly unique...
...ADAPTATION is life-affirming...
...Few scripts toss more challenging balls in the air, and Jonze juggles them all with artful, light-stepping ease. It's magic...
...Every bit as clever and surprising as MALKOVICH....Streep gives a quietly alert performance that permits emotional revelation in well-judged stages...