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First it takes hold of your mind...then it takes hold of your life.
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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Nov 28, 2025 · via TMDB
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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Virginia Madsen
Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia
Logan Lerman
Robin Sparrow
Danny Huston
Isaac French / Dr. Miles Phoenix
Lynn Collins
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Mark Pellegrino
Kyle Finch
Ed Lauter
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Corey Stoll
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Bud Cort
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Michelle Arthur
Sybil
Paul Butcher
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Patricia Belcher
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Shannon Gayle
Lucinda
Bob Zmuda
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Jon Billington
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Jon H. Epstein
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Joel Schumacher
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Donald Dowd
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Tripp Vinson
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