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Wicker Park (2004)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:7

Rotten:22

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: Implausible coincidences and an overly convoluted structure make the movie hard to follow or believe.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexuality and language

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 3, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $12,831,121

Synopsis: In remaking the 1996 French thriller L'APPARTEMENT, director Paul McGuigan transplants the story to the snow-covered Windy City, Chicago. Josh Hartnett is Matthew, a good-looking young man who has... In remaking the 1996 French thriller L'APPARTEMENT, director Paul McGuigan transplants the story to the snow-covered Windy City, Chicago. Josh Hartnett is Matthew, a good-looking young man who has a great job and an even greater girlfriend. But just before he's about to get on a plane to China and score his first major account, the past comes back to haunt him. Matthew runs into his good friend Luke (Matthew Lillard), who is dating a mysterious actress, Alex (Rose Byrne). Suddenly he is reminded of Lisa (Diane Kruger), a beautiful dancer he dated years before. But the day after he asked her to move in with him, Lisa disappeared. Now Matthew's search for his long lost love is renewed. The harder he looks, the more the truth gradually, and devastatingly, begins to reveal itself. McGuigan's stylish, convoluted thriller shifts between the past and present, preventing viewers from solving the puzzle until the film's closing act. Featuring an outstanding soundtrack from some of modern rock's most celebrated artists (Coldplay, Mazzy Star, Broken Social Scene), WICKER PARK also boasts engaging performances from its cast of pretty young faces. [More]

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne, Jessica Pare

Director: Paul McGuigan

Director: Paul McGuigan
Screenwriter: Brandon Boyce
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Marcus Viscidi, Andre Lamal
Studio: MGM/UA

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10/19/04
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09/14/04
Anthony Lane
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New Yorker
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A shapeless mess.

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09/10/04
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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I am giving it thumbs up because of a very attractive cast and they do a wonderful job with what they got.

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09/09/04
Richard Roeper
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Makes your brain spin in surprising and pleasurable ways.

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09/09/04
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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This film is genuinely interested in getting us inside the heads of its three leads (Matthew, Alex, and Lisa). It wants us to understand, although not necessarily sympathize with, all three of them.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
09/06/04
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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Takes plenty of twists and turns, each so implausible and silly that you have no interest whatsoever in finding out what the next one will be.

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09/04/04
Stephanie Zacharek
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Salon.com
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09/03/04
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McGuigan seems to have invested more in the youth and glamour of his cast than in a plausible and exacting script.

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09/03/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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A limp and exceedingly uninvolving melodrama about -- gasp! -- a series of unfortunate miscommunications.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/03/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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This is a smart movie, full of astonishing reverses and switchbacks, and it adroitly walks the thin line between too clever by half and not clever enough by three-quarters.

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09/03/04
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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All of this was more enjoyable when Bellucci, Cassel and Bohringer were the stars.

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09/03/04
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety
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The result is a mess, but it's fun to watch it explode.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
09/03/04
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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Dumb, suspense- free and undersexed stalker drama.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/03/04
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
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A piece of entertainment as tired and throwaway as a discount Harlequin paperback, but it comes sheathed in the flashiest of book covers.

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09/03/04
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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One of the silliest, most sieve-like screenplays of the year.

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09/03/04
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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The plot contains a few nice surprises, but the movie works most spectacularly as a compendium of idiotic movie behavior.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
09/03/04
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Like eating beans before the opera, you may suffer the embarrassment of unfortunate outbursts at inappropriate moments -- in short, be prepared to laugh in all the wrong places.

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09/03/04
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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There are no thrills, psychological or otherwise; the plot twist comes halfway through and then gets beaten to death; and none of the characters take on any depth or texture beyond their obsessions.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
09/03/04
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Not a movie that inspires you to turn the puzzle over in your head after it's done. More likely, you'll wish you had amnesia.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
09/03/04
Terry Lawson
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