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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%, Metacritic 83/100. Scores higher than 98% of the 2,300 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman and Orlean's book become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the other's.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic83/100
2,872 audience votes
Key crew
- Spike JonzeDirector
- Charlie KaufmanScreenplay
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nicolas CageCharlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
- Meryl StreepSusan Orlean
- Chris CooperJohn Laroche
- Tilda SwintonValerie Thomas
- Jay TavareMatthew Osceola
- LitefootRussell
- Roger WillieRandy
- Jim BeaverRanger Tony
- Cara SeymourAmelia Kavan
- Doug JonesAugustus Margary
- Gary FarmerBuster Baxley
- Peter JasonDefense Attorney
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookmarriage crisisalligatorwriter's blockorchidwritertwinscynicalphilosophicalsatiricalreflectiveintrospective
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