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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release2006

Runtime1h 53m

StatusReleased

Budget$30,000,000

Revenue$53,653,224

Production

Three Strange Angels

Mandate Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Movie

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

1h 53m

7.3

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Synopsis

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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