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121 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Stranger Than Fiction is a 2006 drama comedy romance film, directed by Marc Forster, starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dustin Hoffman.
- 114 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Oct 17, 2016 to Oct 27, 2026
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60 of 121 · most liked firstIs there an actor you can't stand? Do they have any exceptions?. For example, I don't like Will Ferrell in his typical roles. Oh they just drive me batty. But. I do love Stranger Than Fiction. It's such a cozy movie.
positive · AI labelView post →It's even worse when there's an actor I really dislike... enough to go on my list of "I will probably not see a movie with this actor in it"... and then they go and do something amazing? How can *Will Ferrell* be in Stranger Than Fiction, one of my all time faves? HOW?! It's so wrong.
positive · AI labelView post →My main memory of the movie Stranger Than Fiction is that Will Ferrell gets mocked by the narrator for brushing his teeth correctly.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness Day 23 Movie with your fav actress Stranger Than Fiction youtu.be/pCVxxtV8yPE?... Emma Thompson is wonderful in everything I've ever seen her in. I'll go with this movie because it deserves more love.
neutral · AI labelView post →Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems and Will Farrell in Everything Must Go+Stranger Than Fiction were different performances than their usual and really well acted. Kevin James... I don't think I've yet to see him in any different role
neutral · AI labelView post →why doesn't anyone talk about the movie Stranger Than Fiction?
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Stranger Than Fiction. I always forget how very much I love this movie
positive · AI labelView post →Works done, time for a movie! Tonight's randomly selected movie is... Stranger Than Fiction, 2006
neutral · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction, still probably the only movie in which I thought Will Ferrell was a genuinely excellent actor.
positive · AI labelView post →Waking you up on The Early Edition this morning with a version of a song you may not have heard. It's a Proclaimers cover of Wreckless Eric's Whole Wide World - one of the best two-chord songs ever. You may remember it from the movie "Stranger Than Fiction." It's so good!
neutral · AI labelView post →#CraftyTunes #MusicChallenge 10/14 write Spoon - the book I write - Stranger Than Fiction movie soundtrack (2006) youtu.be/KNmG3A7YQto?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Next Weds, @ayakattack.bsky.social & I welcome @ktlbummer.bsky.social & Sean back to the Hate Watch/Great Watch Podcast to discuss STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006) Link to where to watch the film: linktr.ee/hwgw Episode drops Weds @moviejawn.com or anywhere you get pods 🎥🎦📽🎞🎬🎟🍿 #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a book Stranger Than Fiction—& it’s also a movie too! I def recommend. Wonderful Emma Thompson! & Will Ferrell is hilarious & shows some range too!
positive · AI labelView post →One of my favorite types of movie is the one where a goofy-comedic actor does something serious, but it gets marketed as something more in keeping with their brand. Anyway, just rewatched Stranger Than Fiction and it's just NICE. What a nice movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction: no idea how it isn’t consistently discussed as a masterclass in film. -Metanarrative about the power of words and corresponding free will -Will Ferrel in a rare serious role -Emma Thompson as a crazy writer -Dustin Hoffman as a literature professor
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished watching STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006) for the first time. Kinda wept through the second half of the film. Just a fuckin' wallop to the heart, jezus.
positive · AI labelView post →This song was a plot point of a movie with Will Ferrell called Stranger Than Fiction about 20 years ago and that’s how I discovered it
neutral · AI labelView post →for all those playing along at home, best guess is that it's the extremely subtle reference to the film STRANGER THAN FICTION (which I love very much)
positive · AI labelView post →This is a weird one, but I cried the hardest I've ever cried at Stranger Than Fiction, the Will Ferrell movie about a guy who starts hearing his own narration. Cried so hard I got a bloody nose and had to stick it in my popcorn. I may be something of an outlier vis-à-vis metafictional awareness.
positive · AI labelView post →I LOVE Stranger Than Fiction! Will debate anyone who doesn’t think it’s a good film. It’s the only Will Ferrell movie I like actually. But also Maggie Gylenhall, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Dustin Hoffman? Asking what is more important, a human life or a great artwork?
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction (a criminally underrated movie in my humble opinion)
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction is an absolute delight. And I still think the Bewitched movie would have been better if Will Farrell had been replaced by Will Smith halfway through and nobody had commented on it.
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished watching Stranger Than Fiction with my budding author of a 14 y.o. daughter. I forgot just how great that movie is. Definitely belongs up there among my very favorites.
positive · AI labelView post →The following is my hottest most controversial take: Stranger Than Fiction is Will Ferrell's secret best movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction for Tax Purposes You see, it's funny because Will Ferrell plays an IRS agent in that movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →I love a quirky, intelligent woman w/ a strong will. She fit the bill perfectly in this movie. Maggie Gyllenhaal in the indy ensemble "Stranger Than Fiction"
neutral · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction. Underrated film
positive · AI labelView post →From the film Stranger Than Fiction. It’s a very sweet moment.
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Will Ferrell, Harold Crick, "Stranger than Fiction" (directed by Marc Forster). #movies #films #strangerthanfiction #marcforster #willferrell
neutral · AI labelView post →#JulyMovieChallenge Day 8: a movie with a character is a writer Stranger Than Fiction #Moviesky #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I need a heartwarming comfort movie to watch after a very emotional day. I might just pop on my all-time favourite comfort movie, STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006). Any recommendations for something along similar lines? (Please read the room and do not make a sarcastic/joking recommendations.)
positive · AI labelView post →I liked his appearances in Barbie and the LEGO Movie! I also liked Stranger Than Fiction. Really couldn’t stand Stepbrothers or Talladega Nights, etc
positive · AI labelView post →For Existential crisis feel good watching I always turn to either Stranger Than Fiction for a movie or The Good Place for a show.
positive · AI labelView post →(3/6) Stranger Than Fiction (2006) ✍️ Yes, I’m a Will Ferrell fan, and yes, this is my favorite of his #movies. On the other hand, my dad doesn’t like Will Ferrell’s movies except for this one.
positive · AI labelView post →I never got Ferrell. He was good in Stranger Than Fiction. But the UK never had SNL, so it's only second-hand through films. Saw him first as a police/ranger in a Kevin Smith film and he was over the top then. Never got Adam Sandler or David Spade either.
positive · AI labelView post →Did we just learn something terrible about Will Ferrell or is this a humorous non sequitor? If it's the second one, the movie Stranger Than Fiction is really good.
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction (2006) is a transportation movie. The bus is the main character.
neutral · AI labelView post →!!!! Stranger Than Fiction is a *lovely* movie and I'm glad to see other people know it!
positive · AI labelView post →He was good in Stranger Than Fiction, I thought. That’s a writer’s pet movie though.
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction from 2006 is probably the furthest you can get from a “Will Ferrell” Will Ferrell movie, but it’s really underrated & kind of forgotten.
positive · AI labelView post →Mid movie but "Stranger Than Fiction". Helped with a gulp of Charlie Kaufman.
negative · AI labelView post →"Are you the king of anything?" is one of my favouritely delivered lines in Stranger Than Fiction. What a great movie.
positive · AI labelView post →📽️ EVERY NIGHT IS MOVIE NIGHT 🍿 (253/365) #NowShowing STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006) It’s my pick for family night, and it’s one of my absolute favorites (and one of only 2 or 3 Will Ferrell movies that don’t annoy the shit out of me). 🧡🤘 #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. (Time for a Stranger Than Fiction rewatch, it's been ages)
neutral · AI labelView post →Emma Thompson, like in the excellent film Stranger Than Fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →I mean for my money the best comedy of 2006 was Stranger Than Fiction, a movie that targeted literary conventions and tropes and was genius for it.
positive · AI labelView post →What’s your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 80s - Ladyhawke 90s - Princess Mononoke 00s - if I’m not picking LotR, then Stranger Than Fiction or Queen of the Damned or The Prestige or— 10s - Annihilation 20s - if I don’t pick Nope, Tragedy of Macbeth (This is so hard)
neutral · AI labelView post →Gif from your favorite movie from the year you turned 18? This one's tough (they're all tough I'm sure) Runners up: Fearless Pan's Labyrinth Stranger Than Fiction
neutral · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction is the Will Ferrell film for me It's such a beautifully heavy emotional ride that doesn't shy away from embracing the absurdity Also, every time Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about baking in that film I melt a little inside 🥺
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction. I never liked him but in that movie even he was perfect!
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction is a righteous perfection of a film.
positive · AI labelView post →Stranger Than Fiction is such a wonderfully good film
positive · AI labelView post →Payphones are an important part of the plot of the movie 'Stranger Than Fiction'. Good movie. Worth every second.
positive · AI labelView post →The one exception with me is Stranger Than Fiction, beautiful movie But yeah... that type of comedy is just not for me. Glad other people enjoy it but not my taste (also not saying my taste is better, just very very different) Great statement and just good job Will!
positive · AI labelView post →I was gonna say Stranger Than Fiction too. I love that film
positive · AI labelView post →I don't know if you've seen the movie Stranger Than Fiction, but this has woodland version vibes of that
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing Stranger Than Fiction and then Barbie (GREAT film) on back-to-back days is some shit, I tell ya what
positive · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with one book, one film, one TV show: 📖 Anne of Green Gables 🎞️ Stranger Than Fiction 📺 Sense8
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes a movie can be silly, on-the-nose, and manipulative and still absolutely fucking nail you to your core. STRANGER THAN FICTION is the movie for me.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight’s #movie - STRANGER THAN FICTION, starring Will Farrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah; dir. Marc Forster (2006)
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