Adaptation (2002)

'Adaptation' is a movie which focuses all about failures. Depending on your mood at the time of viewing, this film can range from being refreshing, amusing, hilarious, to even just plain boring. It's a great piece of art, but you really do have to be in the right mood for it. The movie had a very intriguing idea, a strong cast and the director’s  genuine efforts.

Nicholas Cage is at the emotional core of the film. If his performance doesn't resonate, the film doesn't work.  Cage was excellent. And that the script really gives him some wonderful, challenging material to work with.

Plot is engaging-both visually and story-wise but again I must admit only a story is told. If it touched you like it did me, then this is art. The musical score is uplifting with very little tension in the movie… Movie starts out like an interesting movie, about the interesting characters that are creative people…. the storytelling is original, so you think this might be a good movie about the relationship between reality, movies, and literature…. but the movie is just a trick, the themes are mentioned but not explored, and in a whole this movie has nothing really interesting to say…Movie is too lengthy, with tedious mess of depressing scenes….Toward the end it fails to keep its promise as i couldn’t decided if the ending of the movie made any sense…this may be due to story writer’s confusion, laziness, hurry or lack of talent to give a finishing touch. Finally this so called master piece turns out to be nothing but 100% artificial, commercially-calculated cinematic art movie. I assure you if I take away Nicholas Cage and ignore the fact that Meryl Streep acted in it, this movie would not be so popular


Bottom line: 


While some people would disregard this movie as empty and pointless, I’d argue that that is exactly the point. It’s about the emptiness that is rendered into our lives by failure and our craving for overcoming them. Love it or hate it, this is cinema in its purest and most unpretentious form. And definitely not something you’d like to watch for a visual treat. I wasn't very impressed by the film the first time I saw it, but there is something about it that is quite haunting. Parts of it stay in the memory….it may linger upon you for way longer than you can comprehend. Especially recommended for those who like highly original and intelligent cinema which the regular society cannot digest! This movie is unwatchable for the average movie goer. It is of no interest and of no intellectual value whatsoever as this film seems to be made only for the critics, not for average moviegoers. The writing is great (except the ending part), but the actual film is dreadful… to be `politically correct' highly recommended for the members who are giving serious thoughts about writing or are into writing & for rest, nothing much cerebral 

My rating: 7 /10 ( all grades for the freshness & nothing else)