Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
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Jim Carrey
Walter Sparrow / Fingerling
Virginia Madsen
Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia
Logan Lerman
Robin Sparrow
Danny Huston
Isaac French / Dr. Miles Phoenix
Lynn Collins
Suicide Blonde / Mrs. Dobkins / Young Fingerling's Mother
Rhona Mitra
Laura Tollins
Mark Pellegrino
Kyle Finch
Ed Lauter
Father Sebastian
David Stifel
Hotel Clerk
Corey Stoll
Sergeant Burns
Director
Joel Schumacher
Screenplay
Fernley Phillips
Tagline
"First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$77,677,553
Production
Firm Films, New Line Cinema, Contrafilm
JPV852
November 28, 2025
Very dark mystery-drama at a time (IIRC) Jim Carrey moved to doing more drama based movies. I had seen this one before probably back in 2007 but don't remember a whole lot. It's an okay film and Carrey for his part was fine, however Virginia Madsen was smoking hot. The movie did at least keep my attention until the end but not sure I'd revisit again. **3.0/5**
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