Simple in its premise but mind-bendingly complex in its execution, Adaptation is one of those films that only come along once in a while, and with Charlie Kaufman penning this and his other wildly imaginative narratives, those once in a whiles seem to be closing the gap in their regularity. Kaufman is the rare screenwriter whose name draws an audience (thanks to his oddly original "Being John Malkovich") and his work with both Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry is some of the most original and exciting in recent cinematic history, if not ever. This story melds your basic novel adaptation with the process of adapting a novel in a very autobiographical way, and Nicolas Cage gives a surprisingly good turn as the lead(s). Why he doesn't do more material like this is beyond me, because it seems he has the quirky idiosyncracies to pull off tons of this material. Well, in any case, I'm pleasantly surprised that all involved have assembled a fantastic film worth watching several times.