Adaptation.

2002 115 min Comedy, Crime, Drama

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'.

IMDb 7.7 RT 90 Metacritic 83

budget $19,000,000 earnings $32,800,000 return 1.7x

director Spike Jonze

writer Charlie Kaufman

cast