Adaptation

2002

Director: Spike Jonze

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Key Elements: Lines - Message

My Review:

Charlie is a case study in human insecurity. But something his brother says to him makes all the difference. It is also this quote that makes the movie.

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Quotes:

• I don't want to cram in sex or guns or car chases or characters learning profound life lessons or growing or coming to like each other or overcoming obstacles to succeed in the end. The book isn't like that, and life isn't like that, it just isn't. I feel very strongly about this.
• I loved Sara, Charles. It was mine. That love. I owned it. Even Sara didn’t have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want… That was her business, not mine… You are what you love. Not what loves you. That’s what I decided a long time ago.”