Budget
$19,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$22,498,520
Opening weekend US & Canada
$384,478
Gross worldwide
$32,801,173
Budget
$19,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$22,498,520
Opening weekend US & Canada
$384,478
Gross worldwide
$32,801,173
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By Karlie 2022-04-23 07:01:29
"I don't know why. I really want to know and understand what makes a person so obsessed with what he loves, yet he can resolutely say goodbye to years of pursuit and bravely start a new passion.
" The protagonist Susan has a pitiful and emotional reflection on the orchid thief John, and she comes to the conclusion that "he wants to have a controllable world." I know, at this moment, she is in love with him.
There is always a kind of charm about people who are in love and...
By Lewis 2022-04-23 07:01:29
This is a pseudo-artistic film that seems to be literary but actually tests the audience's IQ. The story is told throughout the film, and the screenwriter makes the characters in the play constantly change their roles.
From the beginning, we see the protagonist as a screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, racking his brains to adapt a novel that a female writer has just finished. With the development of the plot and the appearance of his twin brother Donald Kaufman, the audience will find it as...
By Mohamed 2022-04-23 07:01:29
The little details that moved me
There are many places in the film that moved me. When Susan was holding John who was bitten to death by a crocodile, she cried and said that she wanted to go back to the past, she wanted to go back to her babyhood. It's like a tired over-aged child trying to change the reality that he made a mess.
When Donald and Charlie were hunted down by dead wood in the swamp, Donald told Charlie that I could love whatever I wanted, and that was my own love. Tells the inner world of a dick.
There...
By Lacey 2022-04-23 07:01:29
The process of watching is very painful, the cross narrative, the bland plot, the only thing that makes people interested is whether the twin brothers really exist. And in the process have been guessing what the movie is about. Of course I never guessed it. I finally understood after reading the movie reviews that this actually tells three stories.
The first is a real event, where the screenwriter writes a script. This script tells the second story
The second, and the most important,...
By Karlie 2022-04-23 07:01:29
If everything could be charged
If I could do it all over again, I'd go back to the way it was before my life went sour. This is Susan's helpless verdict when faced with an irreversible situation. The film does not state Susan's ending. Maybe she can really get out of the haze, maybe she will give herself another relief...
But, everything Can it really come back? John and suan are actually the same person, but the latter is the hidden body of the former, and the former inspires the latter's long-suppressed passion,...
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By Haylee 2023-08-19 20:57:50
A literary film that gathers big names and whose content is greater than the form of...
By Meggie 2023-06-25 01:23:51
Charlie-Kaufman is considered to be Hollywood's script master. He is highly accomplished in the structure of the play, character building, detail setting, etc., and often has unimaginable creativity. "Adapted Screenplay" starts from Charlie-Kaufman's career, but integrates love, thriller and other genres, and the creativity is good. Unfortunately, I think the final ending is still bland, and it does not bring me the feeling of...
By Gillian 2023-04-24 01:06:10
▤「You are what you love, not what loves...
By Ewald 2023-02-13 17:47:04
The god of screenwriters, the god of structure, is possessed by the soul at this moment. The literary techniques of a very classic contemporary novel are indiscriminately applied by screenwriters to the film's audiovisual narrative. PS. The screenwriter of Nima is really Charlie...
By Adalberto 2023-01-27 07:54:59
If "Story" is a literary version of the scriptwriter's Bible, then "Adaptation" is a surreal video version. I hope to be the person in the cover, the innermost...
John Laroche: Then one morning, I woke up and said, "Fuck fish." I renounce fish, I will never set foot in that ocean again. That's how much "fuck fish." That was 17 years ago and I have never stuck so much as a toe in that ocean. And I love the ocean.
Susan Orlean: But why?
John Laroche: Done with fish.
Donald Kaufman: [delighted] I can't believe I got shot. Isn't that fucked up?
[first lines]
Charlie Kaufman: [voiceover] Do I have an original thought in my head? My bald head. Maybe if I were happier, my hair wouldn't be falling out. Life is short. I need to make the most of it. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I'm a walking cliché. I really need to go to the doctor and have my leg checked. There's something wrong. A bump. The dentist called again. I'm way overdue. If I stop putting things off, I would be happier. All I do is sit on my fat ass. If my ass wasn't fat I would be happier. I wouldn't have to wear these shirts with the tails out all the time. Like that's fooling anyone. Fat ass. I should start jogging again. Five miles a day. Really do it this time. Maybe rock climbing. I need to turn my life around. What do I need to do? I need to fall in love. I need to have a girlfriend. I need to read more, improve myself. What if I learned Russian or something? Or took up an instrument? I could speak Chinese. I'd be the screenwriter who speaks Chinese and plays the oboe. That would be cool. I should get my hair cut short. Stop trying to fool myself and everyone else into thinking I have a full head of hair. How pathetic is that? Just be real. Confident. Isn't that what women are attracted to? Men don't have to be attractive. But that's not true. Especially these days. Almost as much pressure on men as there is on women these days. Why should I be made to feel I have to apologize for my existence? Maybe it's my brain chemistry. Maybe that's what's wrong with me. Bad chemistry. All my problems and anxiety can be reduced to a chemical imbalance or some kind of misfiring synapses. I need to get help for that. But I'll still be ugly though. Nothing's gonna change that.