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Title: "Jumps the alligator" early and goes downhill fast
Review: Oh boy, so much of this movie is so wrong. From the overheated casting (Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep) to the destructive and cynical plot, "Adaptation" is a director's star turn that falls flat on its face. What happened to the cool detachment and finely-drawn characters of "Being John Malkovich"? Sorry, Charlie, but your own writers-block is never good material for a film, especially when it turns out this overplayed and underwritten. Chris Cooper is easily the best thing in this movie (no front teeth to chew the scenery with...) and the Florida Everglades never looked so beautiful. A very unfunny movie that's capsized by its own smug attitude.
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