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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

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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09/11/04
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Sums up everything that's wrong with American remakes of foreign films: it's dumbed down so far, it's just plain dumb.

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08/24/04
Jamie Russell
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A slick movie with a nice-looking cast and a script that strips away everything that made the original so elusive and involving.

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06/12/04
Rich Cline
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08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

The filmmakers cannot decide what sort of story they want to tell, and as a result, the story they tell isn't really worth the telling.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
11/17/06
Peter T. Chattaway
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Christianity Today
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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12/06/05
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Wicker Park frustrates to no end when a smidgen of common sense on anyone’s behalf would clear up everything.

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04/14/05
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

A nice example of what happens to a Hitchcock shrine when it's filtered through a slick punk sensibility.

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02/16/05
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

That Wicker Park becomes as engrossing as it does is particularly shocking, given the almost interminable opening hour...

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01/15/05
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10/19/04
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Weightless, dim-witted treacle.

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09/20/04
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Take a pretty good script, a pretty good Director, and a horrible cast, and what you get is Wicker Park.

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09/18/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

High style masks rather than updates what's essentially conventional in the material, and the plot unfolds on a seeming need-to-know basis. It's aggravating.

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09/17/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Something, Je ne sais quoi, was lost in translation when the French thriller L’Appartement was remade into this obtuse romantic mystery.

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09/16/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Deep down, it's a very bad joke.

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09/15/04
Mark Collette
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