Death and Taxes the Movie: Stranger Than Fiction?

I took in the new Will Ferrell movie, Stranger Than Fiction, over the weekend.  I don't want to give too much away, but the movie's plot centers on a novel entitled Death and Taxes, whose main character is an IRS agent. 

The film is kind of like a mashup of The Truman Show and a (more accessible version of a) Charlie Kaufman movie.  I liked the "debate" between good art and living a good life, although I felt like the film didn't make a lot of sense, and wasted some of its actors (especially Queen Latifah).  I'd probably give it 6 stars out of 10.

Also interesting: the movie was filmed entirely in Chicago.