This movie uses many interesting practices. The Edward Norton character speaks to the audience in voiceover through the entire movie. I have seen this done in other movies but hardly ever as effectively as in this one. I believe it helps the audience to understand the inner thoughts of the character, which is more important the further into the movie you get. There are also parts that seem like they are using them as a comic effect but you find out later on that they turn out to be meaningful. For example, in the first parts of the movie we are told how the main character is a tourist in medical support groups and he likes to pretend he has cancer or other diseases so he can be able to be there with the groups. But then later on one of the humorous characters he meets through one of the medical support groups becomes an important