Adaptation. (2002)
Release Date
2002-12-06
Rating
7
Duration
115 min
Countries
Keywords
based on novel or book marriage crisis alligator writer's block orchid writer twins
Qualities
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, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.
