Implausible coincidences and an overly convoluted structure make the movie hard to follow or believe. Read critic reviews
Wicker Park
2004, Mystery & thriller/Drama, 1h 54m
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Matthew (Josh Hartnett) and Lisa (Diane Kruger) are madly in love. But one day Lisa vanishes. Simon enters an emotional tailspin and begins an obsessive quest to find her. Years later, Simon's life has stabilized, and he's in a new relationship. Then he thinks he sees Lisa in a restaurant and fixates on her all over again. He snoops around and eventually tracks down the mysterious woman from the restaurant. Her name is Alex (Rose Byrne), but she acts just like Lisa.
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Rating: PG-13
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Genre: Mystery & thriller, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Paul McGuigan
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Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andre Lamal
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Writer: Brandon Boyce, Gilles Mimouni
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Box Office (Gross USA): $12.8M
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Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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The character Alex states, "Love makes you do crazy things, insane things..." and that statement in a way summarizes this tale of love and obsession. Set in a cold, snowy Chicago winter, Wicker Park is about the lying and deception at the heart of obsessive relationships. It's about the lengths the characters will go to in order to pursue love at first sight. This film is hard to follow at times; the viewer has to wait patiently for explanations, and whether the payoff is worth it is debatable. I enjoyed the film for the most part, though it's not without flaws. Josh Hartnett's character is completely smitten, obsessed with Diane Kruger's character, which I understand-I've loved her since the first time I saw her. Hartnett is competent at playing awkwardly shy yet tenacious, but I would have liked to have seen an actor more capable of emotional depth. Matthew Lillard, too is miscast. He plays Hartnett's goofy friend, and he's a better actor than Hartnett but he wasn't right for this. Rose Byrne's Alex is the most interesting character, and she's the most convincing actor. Appropriately she wears a mask during her Shakespeare performance within this film, just as she figuratively wears a mask-perfect symbolism. The movie culminates in an insane coincidence-fest at a restaurant, and the ending is corny as well. It is Hitchcockian, this series of coincidences about desperation and obsession. To borrow a line from one of the characters, it's both creepy and hot. Although I'm not a sucker for love stories, I couldn't turn it off, so I give Wicker Park a qualified recommendation.
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This movie could've been better. The switching back and forth was a little confusing. It was a little slow-moving - it felt longer than it was.
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I don't know what's wrong with most critics. They sometimes really fail to recognize a good film. A film that works - and it really does, for the audience. Despite its cold start, the 'Wicker Park' is full of surprises ahead, and in spite of the somewhat clumsy handling of the successive revelations, the emotional rollercoaster it takes you on is really worth your time. McGuigan's photography choices are interesting, and this film is visually a worthy predecessor of "Lucky Number Slevin". P.S. Plus, I am a sucker for Josh Hartnett. This boy is not only cute, he can also act.
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I cannot express enough how touching and deeply thought out this film is. The performances are perfect all around, especially from Josh Hartnett and Diane Kruger and the plot, though structurally challenging as it may present itself, is worth the second or third viewing to soak in all the film's maze-like qualities. Wicker Park is truly the most heartfelt film I feel I have ever seen, with each music choice placed perfectly throughout to evoke emotion from every action and reaction. One of my all-time favorite films.
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