The most well crafted movie I have ever seen. It's clear that Charlie Kaufman agonized over this screen play, because its themes are beautifully interwoven. A bit of a thinker if you're in that mood. Without a little pondering and careful attention to detail you may write this movie off as "weird", but if you look a little deeper you'll find some amazing subtleties. Those subleties are a welcome change from the either shallow and meaningless or so over-the-top-artsy-that-they're-inaccessible movies that we seem to get these days. Well written, well directed, well acted. See it.
Simply one of the best movies I can remember seeing. And I'm a film major. Completely absurd, yet incredibly profound in some of the dialogue. There are ideas in this film that are so honest and simple that they should be obvious, but aren't, and I think that's what makes it so beautiful. This is the only time I can remember seeing an actor (Nicholas Cage) play two characters in the same movie without having it feel gimmicky. That's the first time I ever wrote out the word "gimmicky," and it looks weird. Anyways, Charlie Kaufman is a genius for writing one of the few movies I would enjoy reading as a screenplay. This and Cassablanca. Fans of "Being John Malkovich" will likely enjoy this movie, but don't expect more of the same; "Adaptation" is much more subtle for the most part. Seeing "Malkovich" (also written by Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze) before this movie is recommended if you don't want to miss out on some of the humor.