| Adaptation. Review |
| by Michael Dequina (Rating: 4/4) |
| Thanks a lot, Charlie Kaufman. Thanks to you and your superlative
script for _Adaptation._, I and millions of others can no longer use
writer's block as a valid excuse for the shittiness of our writing. more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| ADAPTATION (2002): Starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
and Tilda Swinton. Based on the book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean.
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Directed by Spike
Jonze. more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Louis Proyect |
| I finally got around to seeing Spike Jonze's "Adaptation", a film that
premiered a year ago and that is now available in DVD/Video. Not only
was it written by Charlie Kaufman, who was responsible for Jonze's
"Inside John Malkovich's Brain", it...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Richard A. Zwelling (Rating: 2/4) |
| Imagine, just for a moment, a screenwriter with a bad case of writer's
block. He struggles on and on to find the idea for a screenplay that
is simple and beautiful, one that is not overly complicated and shows
the audience the amazing beauty life has to...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| ADAPTATION (2002) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl
Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Judy
Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ron Livingston and Jay Tavare. Music by Carter
Burwell. Director of Photography Lance...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B+) |
| ADAPTATION (director: Spike Jonze; screenwriters: Charlie Kaufman/Donald
Kaufman, based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean; cinematographer:
Lance Acord; editor: Eric Zumbrunnen; music: Carter Burwell; cast: Nicolas Cage
(Charlie...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 4/4) |
| Some directors can keep you tapped in their stories without ever waning
interest. I ascribe such magical tapping to directors like Kubrick, Scorsese,
Brian De Palma, David Fincher, Ingmar Bergman, etc. Spike Jonze, the director of
1999's fabulously...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Spike Jonze. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman,
based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean. Starring Nicolas
Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper. Running time: 114 minutes. Rated AA for
offensive language by the MFCB....more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 8/10) |
| CAPSULE: Charlie Kaufman has in one stroke made
his the most recognizable screenwriter's name in
the country. His film, directed by Spike Jonze,
is a meditation on the forces that make films
successful; it is also a philosopher's...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B+) |
| Most films try to keep things plain and simple.
You'll find a handful of characters, a certain
amount of conflict, a dramatic arc, and then the
perennial climax where success and failure are
decided. Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas
Cage) finds...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
| The lines between reality and invention are cleverly and
schizophrenically
blurred in "Adaptation.," the latest puzzle from the creative minds behind
"Being
John Malkovich"-?screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze. more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 9/10) |
| It's usually quite exciting when characters break the fourth wall in
unconventional ways, like when Jeff Daniels stepped off the screen and into
Mia Farrow's life in The Purple Rose of Cairo. In Adaptation, Being John
Malkovich director Spike Jonze and...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| The creative team that brought us the wild and wonderful BEING JOHN MALKOVICH,
director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman, are back again to mess with our
minds and tickle our funny bones in ADAPTATION. This time Charlie shares
writing credits with...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| Charlie Kaufman is a different sort of man than one usually meets.
Besides having an obsessively self-deprecating internal monologue
rattling constantly through his sweaty, balding head, he also happens
to be an extraordinary new voice in Hollywood...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 9/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "ADAPTATION" (Columbia Pictures)
If you were intrigued by the existential black comedy "Being John
Malkovich," this is a 'must see.' Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by
Spike Jonze, it's a convoluted...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: A) |
| Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), fresh off of his successful first
screenplay with "Being John Malkovich," takes on the complex task of
adapting the inadaptable - the stream of consciousness non-fiction book
by Susan Orleans (Meryl Streep), The Orchid...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 9/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "ADAPTATION" (Columbia Pictures)
If you were intrigued by the existential black comedy "Being John
Malkovich," this is a 'must see.' Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by
Spike Jonze, it's a convoluted...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
| PLOT:
Real-life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, played in this film by Nicolas Cage, is
given the task of adapting a novel entitled "The Orchid Thief", written by
real-life author Susan Orlean and played in this film by Meryl Streep, into a
Hollywood...more |
| Adaptation. Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3.5
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Columbia Pictures/Intermedia Films
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Written by: Charlie Kaufman, book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan
Orlean
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton,
Cara...more |
