I loved Stranger than Fiction. In the movie, Will Ferrell is an IRS agent who starts hearing a voice in his head; the voice is from Emma Thompson, who is writing a novel that oddly has Will Ferrell as the main character...and Will might be killed off in the plot (you actually see all of that in the trailer -- which I included after the jump).
Don't let that tacky premise or the "where am I?" face that 
Emma keeps doing throughout the movie (watch some of that on the trailer) keep you away from this great flick. Stranger Than Fiction is very well put together, the acting is as solid as it has ever been for a comedy. Will Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal deliver great performances (Maggie plays a baker who gets somehow involved in the story).
We have a nice bit of content for our gay movie review. In one scene (you can also see part of that scene at the end of the trailer), Will is trying to contact the 
writer (Emma Thompson) and he goes to her publisher's building, and in trying to trick the receptionist into giving him Emma's address, Will Ferrell says he is the writer's brother-in-law, that he is married to the writer's brother, that they got married in the state where it's legal. Will has no problem saying he is gay, and married. Very nice. Kudos for Zach Helm, the writer.
By the way, is the director Marc Forster gay?
I saw him on one of the featurettes of the DVD and he sounded pretty gay to me. Anyway, he is excellent, and so is the soundtrack. You should definitely see this one.
Here's the trailer:
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