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Adaptation.

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 55m
  • 83

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Spike Jonze

Producer:

Edward Saxon, Vincent Landay, Jonathan Demme

Writer:

Charlie Kaufman

Release Date:

Dec 6, 2002

Runtime:

1hr 55m

Synopsis

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

Cast

  • Nicolas Cage
  • Meryl Streep
  • Chris Cooper
  • Tilda Swinton
  • Cara Seymour
  • Brian Cox
  • Judy Greer
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Ron Livingston
  • Jay Tavare

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Metacritic

83
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Based on 40 Critics
8.1

USER SCORE (274)

Universal acclaim based on 274 Reviews
90

A highly enjoyable failure, a quandary that can't resolve itself.

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Andrew O'Hehir
Salon
100

In a larger sense, Adaptation is a movie about the simple act of enjoying life -- of really embracing it -- without constantly worrying about what others think.

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Metacritic review by Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald
70

This is like a Ferris wheel--the ride's enjoyable but you've gone nowhere once it's over.

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Metacritic review by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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