Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction (1999)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (255 ratings)

A group of friends discover that they don't know one of their fellows nearly as well as they imagine in this unusual horror tale. Jared (Mackenzie Astin) shows up at the home of his best friend Austin (Todd Field), wounded and bloody and telling a horrible story of a strange man killed in his… More

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Eric Bross
Written By
Tim Garrick, Scott Russell
Genres
Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Dec 1, 1999 Wide
On DVD
May 4, 2004
A-Pix

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    The developments are not so much shocking than bewilderingly confusing.

  • Karina Montgomery, Cinerina

    I love movies like this but I hate reviewing them - they must be seen and felt to be properly appreciated, and I never feel I do justice to my feelings on the page. I hope you reward these filmmakers by seeing this one.

  • Robin Clifford, Reeling Reviews

    ...a clever concept that is given uneven execution by scripter Zach Helm

  • Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

    Sweetly funny and thought-provoking, "Stranger Than Fiction" truly isn't a "Will Ferrell movie."

  • Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat

    Not as strange as it needed to be.

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