Stanger Than Fiction Review

I really liked this movie. I think my favorite thing about it was the fact that the watch was a character. The worldview of this movie is Postmodern. At first I was confused because Harold Crick's life was being mapped out with a very definite end and I did not think this was very postmodern. However, I think the ending was. No matter how much the ending was fated, it could be (and in this case, was) rewritten. Not only was the ending changed, but Kay decided to rewrite the whole story in the end. The story and Harold's life are easily changed and manipulated. The movie also poses the question, are we in control of our lives or are we merely scripted? It is similar to the conflict Rosencrantz and Guildenstern faced when stuck in Hamlet.