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Adaptation.

From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich.

7.3(2,928)20021h 55m11

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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Behind the camera

Director

Spike Jonze

Produced in

United States of America

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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
  • G

    Gimly

    7/26/2020

    5/10

    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._

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/18/2022

    7/10

    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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