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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
Reviews for Wicker Park
I usually prefer a film that stays in a logical sequence but Josh Hartnett is a captivating kind of guy who holds your attention throughout the flashback sequences.
A dull melodrama marked by plot coincidences of staggering stupidity.
This process raises an array of questions, some relevant to the central plot and some just irritating.
I am giving it thumbs up because of a very attractive cast and they do a wonderful job with what they got.
Being nonlinear means never having to make sense. Without its digressions and flash-forwards, Wicker Park's plot would barely fill two minutes of screen time.
It’s a sad day indeed when a movie’s most memorable performance belongs to Scooby Doo’s Matthew Lillard.
This is a great date movie. Handholding can get quite serious during the film's many intense scenes.
The story had no guts and cheated the audience with such insanely coincidental plot twists that made me to fight to stay in my seat.
What begins as a pleasantly utilitarian thriller gradually decays into a mediocre suspense drama and ends as an irritatingly feeble love story called Wicker Park...
...a shallow, inept story of romantic miscues, with enough loose ends to make you wonder if anyone was even paying attention during the filming.
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.
Josh Hartnett wanders around Wicker Park like he’s been doped up with a low-dose horse tranquilizer, looking mildly bewildered...
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