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We have very little TV time. We watch so little TV in our house, in fact, that we canceled our cable in favor of a housecleaning service (yeah!). What TV we do watch is TIVO'd, but mostly during our little bit of boobtube time, we watch movies.

It's been awhile since we've watched a movie! A combination of not having anything all that tempting on hand (we finally just sent back the movies that had been collecting dust for a couple months) and all the American Idol we've just had to keep up with.

So last night, we finally had a movie night for the first time in ages – Stranger than Fiction. I loved it! The Maggie Gyllenhall character was just a little too sappy/corny for me, but she sure is cute. Will Farrell was the best I've ever seen him. And I just adore Emma Thompson – what a perfect narrator. I could listen to her voice all day. I also enjoyed the performances by Dustin Hoffman and Queen Latifah.

The whole package was tight. And the story Emma Thompson narrated was quite exceptionally written. The whole screenplay, too – but to pull off this artistic, literary-quality story-within-a-story was quite a feat. I even wonder if that was a completely different writer for that part?

Scott was more lukewarm – the lack of Harold Crick's free will made him feel all itchy.

Not the best movie ever, but a very, very enjoyable diversion. So much to love. I cried at the end. That's always good.

Pajiba liked it, too. In fact, I think that review nails exactly what I liked so much about this film.

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Stranger Than Fiction Movie Trailer

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