Film

Stranger Than Fiction 2006

Directed by Marc Forster

  • Drama, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
  • 113 min
  • PG-13

Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

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