

Adaptation.
From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman and Orlean's book become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the other's.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $19M
- Box office
- $32.8M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- marriage crisis
- alligator
- writer's block
- orchid
- writer
- twins
- cynical
- philosophical
- satirical
- absurd
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles, California3 Dec 2002
- TheatricalR6 Dec 2002
- PremiereNantucket Film Festival17 Jun 2004
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1528 Feb 2003
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+26 Dec 2002
CanadaCA
- Theatrical6 Dec 2002
AustriaAT
- Theatrical4 Apr 2003
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival19 Oct 2009
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1621 Feb 2003
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival10 Jul 2003
- TheatricalU14 Aug 2003
EgyptEG
- PremiereCairo International Film Festival10 Dec 2004
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical30 May 2003
FinlandFI
- Theatrical7 Mar 2003
FranceFR
- TheatricalU27 Mar 2003
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival8 Feb 2003
- Theatrical128 Dec 2003
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Adaptation. was released on 6 December 2002.
Audience reviews
2- G5/10
Gimly
7/26/2020
I'm reacting the way the world does to movies about making movies about making movies. I mean come on, Charlie Kaufman, some of us have work in the morning, damn. _Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal._
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/18/2022
When you watch some of Nicolas Cage's more recent stuff you do wonder how on earth he ever became a star in the first place. Well, this is one of the films that reminds us why. He is a struggling screenwriter ("Charlie") charged with adapting a novel about orchids written by "Susan Orlean" (Meryl Streep). Mental block would be putting it mildly - he simply has no idea how to make it work for "Valerie" (easily one of …
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