It’s easy to question how someone like Nicolas Cage could have achieved stardom when looking at some of his later work. This movie serves as a potent reminder of the reasons for his initial success. He portrays a screenwriter ("Charlie") tasked with adapting a novel about orchids penned by "Susan Orlean" (Meryl Streep). The creative process is severely hampered – he’s completely unable to figure out how to make it fu…

It's easy to understand why people are responding to this film the way they are—it’s a movie about movies that are themselves about making movies. Seriously, Charlie Kaufman, some of us have commitments early the next day. _Final rating:★★½ - It didn't entirely click for me, but I can see why others would like it._