The first review of Charlie's new script is up (I'm assuming there'll be more reviews eventually)… and boy, does LA Times' Jay A. Fernandez know how to gush. It's all rather cryptic — he doesn't actually give us any plot details — nothing we don't already know, anyway — and I think that's probably a good move. But he gives the screenplay a mind-bogglingly big rave.

If this film gets made in any way that resembles what's on the page — and with the writer himself directing, it will likely gain even more color and potency in the translation — it will be some kind of miracle. “Synecdoche” will make “Adaptation” and “Eternal Sunshine” look like instructional industrial films. No one has ever written a screenplay like this. It's questionable whether cinema is even capable of handling the thematic, tonal and narrative weight of a story this ambitious. […] moviegoers will surely be gorging on the power and depth of this film for a long time. (Source)

Not afraid of making a big call is our Jay. Kind of a hesitant relief to me, actually, because I had been thinking… another story about a writer, and about folks having problems dealing with their own realities? Thanks to Scott and Will for the heads-up.