The result is a mess, but it's fun to watch it explode.
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09/03/04
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Wicker Park (2004)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:27
Rotten:91
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Implausible coincidences and an overly convoluted structure make the movie hard to follow or believe.
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... [More]
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne
Director: Paul McGuigan
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Reviews for Wicker Park
Top CriticFive minutes into this eye-crossingly dull drama, you wonder not just what is going on, but why on earth you should care. (The short answer: You should not.)
09/03/04
Features a story so convoluted, audience members should be given a bag of breadcrumbs upon entry, so as to leave a trail through the logic.
09/03/04
Dumb, suspense- free and undersexed stalker drama.
09/03/04
Top CriticLike a stream of vapor trails trying to be a cloud, a floating 'thriller' of posed moods and inane jolts that make viewers laugh.
09/03/04
A story of romantic obsession that becomes progressively sillier and more implausible as it limps to a sappy conclusion.
09/03/04
A romance that isn't romantic and a thriller lacking thrills.
09/03/04
One too many scenes with Hartnett's genuinely unpleasant doofus drain away any investment in a film that's suddenly become an elaborate farce without jokes.
09/03/04
A piece of entertainment as tired and throwaway as a discount Harlequin paperback, but it comes sheathed in the flashiest of book covers.
09/03/04
Top CriticOne of the silliest, most sieve-like screenplays of the year.
09/03/04
The whole incoherent mess is sort of like a downbeat Gap ad, only longer and a lot more boring.
09/03/04
While it's refreshing to see a thriller that doesn't fit the usual mold, a couple of actual thrills would have been nice.
09/03/04
A fairly engrossing look at the havoc obsession can wreak on people's lives.
09/03/04
The plot contains a few nice surprises, but the movie works most spectacularly as a compendium of idiotic movie behavior.
09/03/04
Top CriticLike 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.
09/03/04
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.
09/03/04
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.
09/03/04
Top CriticGrows increasingly ludicrous over the course of its nearly two-hour running time, to the point where it almost appears to become a comedy.
09/03/04
Once we understand the principle (if not the details) of the plot, Wicker Park works because the actors invest their scenes with what is, under the circumstances, astonishing emotional realism.
09/03/04
Top CriticDepends on coincidences so remote and behavior so improbable that they couldn't take place once in a millennium.
09/03/04
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