
Stranger Than Fiction(2006)
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.


“Sometimes love needs a re-write.”
When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.

Karen Gillan
Jane Lockhart

Stanley Weber
Tom Duval

Iain De Caestecker
Roddy

Henry Ian Cusick
Willie

Kate Dickie
Anne Lefevre

Amy Manson
Darsie

Freya Mavor
Nicola Ball

Gary Lewis
Benny Lockhart

Niall Greig Fulton
Team Member 1
Bill Barclay
Team Member 2
Not Another Happy Ending is a romance, comedy, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of writer's block, writer, publisher. Directed by John McKay, it stars Karen Gillan, Stanley Weber, Iain De Caestecker. When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.
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