Adaptation.
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'.
John Revels reviewed
August 14, 2025•
“I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”
John Revels reviewed
August 14, 2025•
Adaptation.
“I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”