a horribly pointless and and bad and boring film . stranger than fiction have nothing new to say about anything and no character beyond the most unimaginative stereotype and and relies on a clunky central concept that be neither particularly original nor dealt with in a vaguely innovative way . will ferrell be totally waste in what he presumably hop to be his answer to jim carey truman show and and substitute his usual shouting routine ( admittedly very funny if you discount talledega night ) for and well and pretty much nothing . emma thompson be no more than mildly irritate ( that some review i have read here be talk her up for an oscar nomination be laughable ) whilst maggie gyllenhaal do a passable job with a very weak script that allow nothing beyond establish her character a a former law student who drop out of harvard to become a baker because she like make people happy . please . that she end up fall for ferrell character be utterly ludicrous . marc forster attempt to jazz up the film use computer graphic only serve to highlight the uninspired the material he have to work with . i have the choice of either go to watch the prestige for the third time or see this . i wish i would opt for the prestige .