The preview audience I saw it with hooted in disbelief at the outrageous bits, then happily dug in to see what would happen next.
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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
...goes about telling its story in the most complicated manner possible, all while mistaking its unnecessary complications for cleverness.
09/03/04
There's no way we could possibly miss Wicker Park's essential emptiness. Not with the underpowered cast straining to strike sparks that just aren't there.
09/03/04
Wicker Park, a deeply psychological story about love and obsession, is really a hard film to pin down--but refreshingly enough, that's a good thing
09/03/04
Snicker Park is more like it
09/03/04
Ambitious script, slick director, strong supporting cast ... wrong lead actors.
09/03/04
A cheesy romance novel with some artsy editing.
09/03/04
It’s a softer portrait of mental instability, and a revenge picture mixed with Splenda instead of Jack Daniels.
09/03/04
For some, this will be an enjoyable mystery to sort out; for others it's a headache waiting to happen.
09/03/04
Paul McGuigan has such an engaging way of telling stories that it's a shame to see his skills put toward a movie with such a silly third act.
09/02/04
'Wicker Park' is so forgettable that I needed to dig up the press kit in order to remember the names of most of the characters less than two hours after seeing it.
09/02/04
Wicker Park feels like an import stripping film sprockets as it struggles to fit the American mold. Advice from this aisle seat: Bring along a pad and pencil.
09/02/04
Wicker Park's story and execution are exercises in obfuscation, but sadly, in both cases, all the smoke and mirrors are working hard to obscure nothing of interest.
09/02/04
Harnett and Kruger move through the story like sleepwalkers who hope they won't wake up until the movie is over. I know how they feel.
09/02/04
None of this is interesting in the least, nor is it remotely thrilling or mysterious -- just convoluted, monotonous and riddled with inconsistencies.
09/02/04
Josh Hartnett sleepwalks.
09/02/04
Directorial touches can't do much to salvage a project as poorly conceived as this one.
09/02/04
Top CriticThere are a lot more coincidences -- in fact, there's a multiple- coincidence pileup -- and each one wears your patience a little thinner.
09/02/04
A very straight translation, with its complex, non-linear structure intact and none of the goofy comedy or lurid embellishments that have found their way into previous Hollywood clones of the genre.
09/02/04
McGuigan has a superb sense of wild romanticism, sometimes blending it with thriller-style tension and other times just reveling in it.
09/02/04
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