The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

AdaptationThe eerie perspective, bold plotline and a potential premise are the high points of this feature which unfortunately is supervised without any care and hence fades off into just a mere blurred out idea in this overlong feature. Spike Jonze seems a bit distracted from the main track and hence leads it into a boring ride that may have an interesting climax but the journey is certainly not worth it. The performance objective is completely satisfactory in here for Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep both are putting all their chips in and delivers what is essential. Adaptation might be something plausible on terms of art and craft but when it comes to blend all it in and offer intriguing and gripping tale along with entertainment to the audience, it fails on all levels.

Adaptation's plot revolves around a script-writer, Charlie Kaufman, and his brother, Donald Kaufman, and how Charlie Kaufman attempts to bring a non-fiction book about flowers called THE ORCHID THIEF into a film script to be adapted into a movie, which serves the purpose of the title of the film. Stress comes with Charlie's process of creating the script and meanwhile Donald Kaufman achieves success with his script, The 3, stirring up disgusted envy for the character Charlie Kaufman and adding to his continuous stress. Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman are both played by Nicholas Cage and each have funny, unique and likable personalities with Donald Kaufman being the naive "stupid brother" comic relief and Charlie Kaufman being the intelligent, experienced serious man. They both contain great chemistry on the screen considering the fact that it's played by one person only and revolve importantly in the storyline of the film while also being entertaining in their roles, and it's a pure joy to watch the two characters interact and react to the situations in the movie. Adaptation is an excellent film however mainly because it serves the purpose of feeling like a dream by feeling strangely surreal and perfectly normal at the same time, but it also raises a lot of thought-provoking questions about the topic it is on: movie scripts. Adaptation incredibly breaks the normal structure of a movie by rearranging, replacing and even removing, and sets out to do feats that no other movie would dare to do and you may find yourself wondering if the normal film structure is as good as everyone says. The film remains in a strange taste, uses voice-over narration to explain the characters and uses no ordinary structure, yet we are fascinated and entranced by the magically dream-like atmosphere of the captivating film but also being self- aware of it's actions by expressing it in an intentionally destroyed manner. When you watch this movie, I think you'll get feelings that you never thought were there.

Originality, how much do we see it in modern cinema not much right? Well, Adaptation is one original film and one I will never forget. Spike Jonze has an incredible career with movies like Her, Where the Wild Things Are and Being John Malkovich. Mr. Jonze has also collaborated with an incredible screenwriter Charlie Kaufmann he has done scripts for films like Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and of course Adaptation. Both of this gentleman received an Academy Award. Adaptation is their second collaboration, what can I say this movie is one of the greatest movies of all time. The plot consists of the struggles of a writer to adapt a book. You may not be interested in the movie whatsoever neither was I until one close friend of mine recommended it to me, saw it and loved it. Nicholas Cage plays Charlie Kaufmann weird right? Nicholas Cage has an interesting career he has made good films and some bad, but we can't deny he is a great actor, he also plays Charlie Kaufmann's brother Donald (Donald is not the real brother of Charlie Kaufmann he isn't even real). Nicholas Cage gives, Meryl Streep plays Susan Orlean the writer of the book Charlie Kaufmann is trying to adapt and Chris Cooper plays John Laroche the love interest and character of Susan Orleans The Orchid Thief. All of this actors gave an award worthy performance, one of the actors Chris Cooper won the Academy Award for this movie. What this movie accomplishes the most is the script written by Charlie Kaufmann it is a fantastic script we believe the characters intentions their desire, their emotions. The editing, directing, and cinematography are fantastic, Spike Jonze and his crew made this movie a blast! This movie breaks the three act structure a method that if used well can give fantastic results. Overall Adaptation is worth a watch it is a movie for aspiring screenwriters and movie lovers go and watch it it's on Netflix.

Building on the success of 1999's "Being John Malkovich", Charlie Kaufman & Spike Jonze re-teamed for 2002's "Adaptation", which turned out to be another distinctive offering. The semi-autobiographical story focuses on screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage), who is struggling to complete an adaptation of a book about orchid poaching.Not exactly the most intriguing premise, I know, but the real Kaufman's Oscar-nominated screenplay is far from your average Hollywood concoction. The character's problems with adapting an essentially plot-less book merely supply the foundation for explorations on the creative process & human passion. Even though the movie skewers Hollywood artifice it cleverly makes use of formulaic tropes in a new and interesting way. Taking such mundane material and making it both thought-provoking & entertaining was no small feat.The cast seems to have been well-suited to the material. Nicolas Cage did double duty as Charlie Kaufman and his identical brother Donald. Cage performances can definitely be erratic but this one (which was Oscar-nominated) has to be considered one of his best. Do I even need to comment on twenty time Oscar nominee Meryl Streep's performance? It's good, of course (not to mention the source of one of her Oscar nominations). However, it was Chris Cooper who stole the show with his note-perfect portrayal of rustic orchid thief John Laroche. His Oscar was well deserved.The direction by Spike Jonze may not have been Oscar-nominated but it certainly could have been, if for no other reason than the performances that he coaxed from his three main actors. Of course, as seen with "Being John Malkovich" and subsequent films, Jonze also knows a thing or two about crafting striking visuals. This film is no exception. From a music standpoint, there isn't much that sticks in my memory apart from an effective use of the Turtles' classic "Happy Together".All in all, "Adaptation" offers a refreshing combination of art and entertainment. The talent both behind and in front of the camera all put their best foot forward in bringing this unique story to the screen. Fans of Kaufman & Jonze are certain to enjoy this even though others may be put off by some of the film's idiosyncrasies.