Adaptation.

I wouldn't recommend it. I thought as a writer this would be appealing to me, but I was really bored out of my mind unfortunately.

I was interested in seeing this film because it seemed like it would be a cerebral, clever and technically interesting film whereby Nicholas Cage plays twin brothers...but I was not prepared for this movie to move me emotionally and THAT was the plus!! When one brother comforts the other in a tender moment by clarifying "You are what you love, not what loves you" ...it just leapt off the screen and floored me. The fact that it was uttered by a not very likeable character was yet another plus and made me root for the guy to succeed! Chris Cooper plays yet another oddball brilliantly, but Meryl Streep turns in a performance unlike any in her body of work! In spite of the dark circumstances and unusual relationships in this film, it ends on a very uplifting note and while I am dying to reveal it...I will leave it for the viewer to enjoy! A+ for Adaption!

Nicolas Cage is brilliant as a writer with serious writer's block, and also as his twin self, who seems to skate through life happy as can be. Streep and Cooper are amazing as well, as (of course) we would expect them to be. But the film would not be so great without the writing/directing team of Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze. For me, this quote from the film sums it all up:"That was her business, not mine. You are what you love, not what loves you. That's what I decided a long time ago."This film is about flowers, Indians, drugs, passion, insecurity, Hollywood, Darwin, fantasy, envy, insanity, adaptation, and adjustment; but mostly it's about love - not the kind you get, but the kind you give. See it.

I love Cage in both roles as the writer and his idiot brother, but the idiot's ideas shouldn't save the day. I just didn't get it. Granted, it's probably true that a writer's life isn't as interesting as his stories, but to purposely revert to using "tried and true" tropes to save a story that goes nowhere was endlessly DULL. Even Streep's perfection couldn't save this one, sad to say.

I have read The Orchid Thief and visited the Fakahatchee Strand, so I was very interested in this movie. It is a very strange movie when you consider it is taken from the book. It was entertaining.

It's An Okay Movie. At first i was confused with the characters that nicolas cage played. but then i got it. Meryl Streep on the other hand was marvelous and so was Chris Cooper. i love the ending to this movie. just that it is a bit confusing but if you pay real close attention you'll understand it. I watched it twice to understand it good.

My wife is the Cage fan , it's for her .

I think this movie is totally underrated. I've been a fan of this movie since I first saw it in the theaters. I show this film in my Film Appreciation course and the students always enjoy especially after our discussion on it.