Adaptation. (2002)

Gen: Drama

Distributie: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Jay Tavare

Regizor: Spike Jonze [a mai regizat: Her(2013), Pretty Sweet(2012), Where the Wild Things Are(2009), Fully Flared(2007), Corporate Ghost(2004)]

Buget: 19.000.000 $
Incasari: 30.000.000 $

Premii:
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Chris Cooper), Oscar, 2003
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Meryl Streep), Golden Globes, 2003
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Chris Cooper), Golden Globes, 2003
- Best Screenplay - Adapted, BAFTA Awards, 2003
- Movie of the Year, AFI Awards SUA, 2003
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Meryl Streep), Awards Circuit Community Awards, 2002
- Jury Grand Prix (Spike Jonze), Berlin International Film Festival, 2003
- Best Screenplay, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2003
- Best Writer, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, 2003
- Best Suporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Central Ohio Film Critics Association, 2003
- Best Screenplay, Adapted,  Central Ohio Film Critics Association, 2003
- Best Screenplay, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2003
- Most Promising Performer (Maggie Gyllenhaal),  Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, 2003
- Best Original Screenplay, Chlotrudis Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Chlotrudis Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards, 2003
- Best Film, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003
- Best Screenplay, Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), National Board of Review, SUA, 2002
- Best Screenplay, National Board of Review, SUA, 2002
- Top Ten Films, National Board of Review, SUA, 2002
- Best Screenplay, New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 2002`
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Online Film & Television Association Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Online Film & Television Association Awards, 2003
- Best Casting,  Online Film & Television Association Awards, 2003
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Online Film & Television Association Awards, 2003
- Best Screenplay Adapted, Online Film Critics Society Awards, 2003
- Screenplay, PEN Center SUA West Literary Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, 2003
- Best Screenplay Adapted, San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, 2002
- Best Screenplay Adapted, Satellite Awards, 2003
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Seattle Film Critics Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Screenplay Adapted, Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Picture, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Screnplay, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Performance Male (Nicolas Cage), Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Performance, Male (Chris Cooper), Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), Utah Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper),Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, 2003
- Best Director (Spike Jonze), Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper), Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, 2002
- Best Adapted Screenplay, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, 2002

Nota Gealapa: 7.75
Metascore: 83/100

Un scenarist a carui dragoste nu este impartasita devine disperat cand nu reuseste sa adapteze pentru ecran romanul "Hotul de orhidee", al lui Susan Orlean.

Lista intermnabila de premii vorbeste de la sine despre atuurile acestui film. Un scenariu excelent, cu care numai un incompetent ar fi reusit sa o dea in bara. Povestea este una sensibila, cu un final total neasteptat si exploziv. Filmul nu are efecte speciale iesite din comun, dar nici nucred ca acestea si-ar fi gasit locul. Nu stiu cum l-am ratat pana acum.

Distributia este si ea foarte buna. Acest film este dovada ca Nicolas Cage este actor. El are o prestatie foarte buna in dublu rol, dar chiar si aici este ecplipsat de doi actori secundari. Chris Cooper si Meryl Streep au reprezantatii demne de pus in manualele de actorie.

Filmul te poarta e piste false si nu isi dezvaluie intelesul cu usurinta. In prima instanta s-ar putea sa aveti senzatia ca asistati la un sequel dupa Being John Malkovich, dar acest scenariu este inlaturat rapid. Daca nu suntem atenti filmul poate fi confuz. Pentru unii va fi nimic mai mult decat un film despre hoti de orhidee, inalta societate din New York, regizori, gemeni, crocodili, droguri si pornografia online. De fapt este un film despre un tip care scrie un film, despre o carte, in interiorul altui film si este bazat pe o poveste reala. Complicat, nu?

Din pacate, finalul, asa exploziv si neasteptat cum e, strica impresia generala a unui film serios despre greutatile scenaristilor de a face filme bune avand ca sursa carti deloc interesante. Daca va incumetati sa il vedeti, pregatiti-va pentru inca o poveste neconventionala, marca Charlie Kauffman. Trailer: