An absolutely wonderful film that's hugely enjoyable and razor sharp smart. Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire are both superb, and although I thought it ended on a bit too light of a note, it doesn't stop the previous 105 minutes from being really excellent stuff. This may actually be my favorite Curtis Hanson film.

Yeah Moviedude covers my main thoughts. Great Film that I enjoyed immensely.

Michael Douglas was wonderful, but it was a little too...weird. I dunno, it was good, but I wasn't amazed by it or anything.

B

B+


This is a movie that keeps getting better with each viewing, in my opinion. It might actually reach the A-territory for me at some point. The movie really showcases the great, great versatility of Curtis Hanson as the director as this is hiw follow-up to the masterpiece that is L.A. Confidential and after this, he made 8 Mile and a chick flick, In Her Shoes (I'll just ignore the fact that he also directed Lucky You).

Hanson's direction, paired with a good screenplay and a wonderwul, Oscar-worthy performance by Michael Douglas make this wonderful little flick just immensly enjoyable. It's one of those movie I like to see on a cold winter evening, sitting on a comfortable couch and all...if you know what I mean. It's an uplifting, very funny and not quite politically correct tale. Some bits I am not so fod of (a couple concern Tobey Magiuire's character and the rest goes to Katie Holmes' inability to be very convincing), but on the whole, this is a real treat for fans of movies.

Douglas, as I mentioned above, delivers a wonderfully atypical, quirky performance, while Maguire showed back then that he has a bright future ahead of him. McDormand did her job well and Robert Downey Jr. steals most scenes he's in.

The movie won't change your life, but it might make you feel better for a while at least.

Wonder Boys, in addition to being a marvelous movie, is one of the best, most accurate depictions of pot use I've ever seen on film.

Michael Douglas' finest moment.

I'm generally not a fan of films about writing, but this was fine. All films are unique to the era you see them in in terms of viewing experience, but it's quite a good film to see now as it acts a real star-studded ensemble. But this was before Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, before Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, before Katie Holmes made more of a name for herself as Cruise's wife, and although she did Fargo I also want to believe it was pre-acclaim for Frances McDormand. Anyway, good film.