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Stranger Than Fiction(2006)

7.3/1020061h 53mDrama · Comedy · Romance · Fantasy

Harold Crick isn't ready to go. Period.

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

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