Rolling Stone
"You need to see how Ferrell switches gears to give a performance of nuanced wit and surprising gravity." 09/07/2006 p.124Box Office
"Ferrell is strikingly funny railing at the omnipresent voice rattling his life." 11/01/2006 100 Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 4 -- "This is a Ferrell you've never seen before, nailing a role that calls for breakneck humor in the final race against the clock and touching gravity in the love scenes with Gyllenhaal." 11/20/2006 p.136 New York Times
"It is to Mr. Ferrell's credit, and the movie's, that he manages to be interesting without mugging or riffing, but rather by playing a highly controlled man in an impressively controlled manner." 11/10/2006 p.E10 Entertainment Weekly
"[A]n eminently easy-to-watch piece....[The director] gets infectious performances out of Maggie Gyllenhaal...Dustin Hoffman...and Thompson..." -- Grade: B- 11/17/2006 p.99 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Ferrell] makes us genuinely root for his bemused hero...It's not often laughs come with so much thought attached..." 01/01/2007 p.32 Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "The script is brilliant....Thought-provoking..." 01/01/2007 p.142 Sight and Sound
"STRANGER THAN FICTION is particularly impressive in its use of stunning Chicago architecture and excellent production design....The performances are also uniformly excellent." 01/01/2007 p.80 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "A delightfully surreal and utterly engaging post-modern film that deftly explores what it means to exist." 05/01/2007 p.97 | 
