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Wonder Boys
Directed by
Curtis Hanson
R
2000
1h 47m
Comedy
,
Drama
7.2
81%
83%
6.8
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An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.
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Cast of Wonder Boys
Michael Douglas
Grady Tripp
Tobey Maguire
James Leer
Frances McDormand
Sara Gaskell
Robert Downey Jr.
Terry Crabtree
Katie Holmes
Hannah Green
Rip Torn
Q
Richard Knox
Vernon Hardapple
Jane Adams
Oola
Michael Cavadias
Miss Sloviak
Richard Thomas
Walter Gaskell
Alan Tudyk
Sam Traxler
Philip Bosco
Emily's Father
George Grizzard
Fred Leer
Kelly Bishop
Amanda Leer
Bill Velin
Officer Pupcik
Charis Michelsen
Carrie
Yusuf Gatewood
Howard
June Hildreth
Emily's Mother
Richard Hidlebird
Hi-Hat Bouncer
Screamer
Poe
Wonder Boys Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
This grand mess of a movie has many pleasures.
Variety
Emanuel Levy
Michael Douglas gives the best perfromance of his career (to be remembered at Oscar time) in this screwball comedy about a college professor who's pushed into maturity by forces beyond his control; a well-acted coming-of-age saga for adults.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Get going, you laggards.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
The overall effect is like opening a present on Christmas morning.
Newsweek
David Ansen
Wonder Boys doesn't hit you over the head--its wackiness as well as its humanity slips up on you, catches you off guard.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Funny and touching.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Wonder Boys is like a George Cukor movie with a bad head cold -- slow, muffled and vague.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Glad to have been invited along.
Film.com
Robert Horton
After enduring a lot of jokes about May-December romances, Douglas comes bouncing back with one of his best performances.
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
Tobey Maguire continues his winning streak, showing his comedic versatility this time around.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
With a cast this terrific and a story this rich and wry, Wonder Boys really can't miss.
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Michael Douglas shines.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
World-weary has never been funnier or more fascinating than in Kloves' hands.
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
McDormand is as much a delight to watch as she's ever been.
Associated Press
Ted Anthony
Wonder Boys turns out to be a relevant, moving piece of filmmaking.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
The material throughout is so fresh.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
The dialogue is smart without parading its braininess.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
I don't think I've ever seen another American comedy that mixed rue and slapstick and sentiment in quite this way.
Denver Post
Steven Rosen
The humor is forced and the absurdist elements overwhelm the realism.
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