Rating:9/10
If there was ever a movie to ever surprise me, it would be Adaptation.  I was blown away by this movie.  I really liked the story and it was kind of funny on how this movie actually came about to be a movie and the kind of movie it was.  I really love the fact that the characters are actually real people in a fictionalized story except for Donald Kaufman.  I like how Charlie Kaufman incorporates Being John Malkovich(in which Kaufman wrote) into this movie.  And what really really made this movie for me, was the fact that I had absolutely no clue as to what was going to happen next.  No clue whatsoever.  There were a couple of scenes that really made me jump out of my seat.  Well twice actually and it made me take notice.  The car crashes felt like I was really in those cars as they were being smashed.  It was almost like I could feel the impact of the crashes.  And I would wince.  The characters were fascinating.  Like I said, these were real characters, but the story was fictionalized, but based on a book that is a true story.  How crazy it that?  Nicolas Cage, who I'm usually not a big fan of, was awesome as the twins, Charlie and Donald Kaufman.  Meryl Streep was quite a suprise for me, because I'm not a big fan of hers that much either.  Well I really can't say that.  I just haven't seen a whole lot of movies that she was in.  The one actor I did not like in this movie was Ron Livingston.  He was just annoying and I was kind of disappointed by him.  I also didn't like Meryl Streep in the drug scene, but I guess they had to tie that in somehow.  But I really loved this movie.  I love the way it ended.  I loved the voice overs.  If it wasn't for those couple of little flaws, this would have been something great.  What am I talking about?  This was a great film.  If you get a chance, check out this gem and enjoy it.  I can't wait to show this to my friends.