Wonder Boys

For me the PERFECT movie!!! Brilliant story: funny, smart, clever. Great acting: no over the top perfromances, each play off of each other without outshining anyone. Super direction: scenes flow one beautifully shot after another. What more can you ask for?... Full review

I found that this was a pertty good movie. I thought that the acting of Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire was very good. The movie was a little slow at times to me but others might find it more up their... Full review

'Wonder Boy's" strong point is it's writing. It's rare that you hear a film's writing is it's saving grace, but for a film as dialog-driven as this one, what else could be? 'Wonder Boys' isn't flashy, it isn't suspenseful, it's just... Full review

This movie has mild story.I watched this film 5 years ago.I didn... Full review

Brilliant from the first scene! Michael Douglas's narration through the movie helps with the humor. A great performance by these actors! Toby and Michael's characters find some meaning and direction in their life through each other, and you might gain some... Full review

Didn't know what to think of this film. Strange title. Strange film as well, but really thought provoking and funny and sweet. I bought the DVD and I've watched several times now and it actually gets better. Hanson's best film so... Full review

Wonder Boys is one of those rare finds that blends heart and humor so believably that you feel like you're watching real people living real lives. I love this movie. Michael Douglass' best work. Everyone in it shines.... Full review

I really love this film. Based on a novel by Michael Chabron, the film is set in a university over the course of a week-end long writing festival. The story concerns Professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) who's first novel was... Full review

One of the best acted films in recent history with the chemistry of Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jr., and Tobey Maguire heading the lineup. This trio brings such emotion to each character's traits throughout the superbly written screenplay and direction its... Full review

Anyone in academia who doesn't find something to like in this movie is in denial. University life is hilarious. As in the movie, becoming a professor is a great way to avoid growing up.... Full review

What makes "Wonder Boys" so brilliant is its resemblance to Adam Gopnik's "Last of the Metrozoids" published in The New Yorker in 2004.....Dramatic and funny, director Curtis Hanson's "Wonder Boys" (based on the novel by Michael Chabon) wonderfully presents the ups and downs of the practice of writing.....Douglas does an admirable job in his role as a druggie professor..... ... Full Review

And of course he was also blessed with a pretty good script. The difference is, these characters are very funny as they try to figure it out. Apt, since Michael Douglas didn't let the physical get in the way for this role. ... Full Review

And Wonder Boys may be his best film.....But I find it hard to be severe with Hanson for this.....It's a great film.....The comedy stays convincing.....the love of good writing..... ... Full Review

Heck, Maguire deserves comment too. Morose student James (Tobey Maguire) is the inadvertent catalyst that unintentionally wheedles these disorderly 48 hours into a sum greater than just two days for Grady Tripp. ... Full Review

a movie of small pleasures and gentle comedy.....it's not even a great film.....It is a movie of small pleasures and gentle comedy.....there's a larger market for adolescent-oriented, date-night, boom-boom sex monster comedies than thoughtful (boring) movies about grown-ups --.... ... Full Review

The Key to WritingDramatic and funny, director Curtis Hanson's "Wonder Boys" (based on the novel by Michael Chabon) wonderfully presents the ups and downs of the practice of writing. "Nobody teaches a writer anything," says Professor Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas). ... Full Article

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