Pros: Michael Douglas doesn't do too bad here. Some great music. Cons: An awful lot of typecasting here.
I'd heard a lot about this one when it was released. My friends who knew of my secret of writing gushed and told me I just had to see this one. Some years later, I finally did.
Taking the tale of a burnt out writer, Grady Tripp (Michael...
Somehow, I missed out on seeing director Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys in the theater. I remember seeing the ads for it on television, and thinking that it...
Pros: Acting; Character Studies Cons: Some dry spells in the plot
Since I had never before heard of Wonder Boys, my only motivation for watching it was it coming down to a choice of staying in my pajamas just a little bit longer, cuddling on the couch, or getting up to start the heavy duty pre-moving cleaning. ...
Pros: actors' performances Cons: elements don't entirely click together
I generally find myself in agreement with macresarf1's reviews and I am far from being a Michael Douglas fan, but I thought he was quite good as the writer/professor in "Wonder Boys." (Rather than a blocked writer, he seems to be a blocked...
Pros: Great acting, good cast Cons: Characters not likeable, boring story
With Wonder Boys, director Curtis Hanson took a break from making great suspense movies and tried his hand at a drama about a bunch of losers who are trying to figure out what they want out of life. It stars Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand, Tobey...
Pros: The characters are ruled by the imp of the perverse. Cons: So is the director.
Huey: Overcoming my alcoholism was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Liquor always helped me to come to terms with the crap going on in my life, and it was so readily available, so culturally acceptable.
Pros: well acted, directed and scripted Cons: a bit heavy on the drugs
I've enjoyed Michael Douglas for a long time - from his television days on Streets of San Francisco where most of what he had to offer was chiseled good looks and a butt-chin like his dad's to his current movie making where he actually shows that he is...
Pros: Fine performances and story lines Cons: Not exactly politically correct
Wonder Boys, the 2000 release starring Michael Douglas and Frances McDormand, has an unusual history. In its original release, it did poorly and quickly disappeared. Those involved with the movie, believed in its appeal, and convinced the studio...
Pros: Michael Douglas steals the show in the performance of his career Cons: It's a hit-and-miss plot: when it hits, it's terrific; when it misses, it's by a mile
My wife’s pulse still races whenever she thinks of Michael Douglas. “He is one fine-looking actor,” she murmurs dreamily. I clear my throat loudly and she hastens to add, “Of course, he looks an awful lot like you.”
Pros: Fine acting all around, I'm usually a sucker for movies about writers Cons: Too much weirdness, not enough reality, useless voice over narration in first half
“Wonder Boys” purports to take place at a small university in Pittsburgh. Whatever. I’d have an easier time believing it took place on Mars, inhabited by a strange sub-species of humanity that has been lobotomized of any sense of sanity. Every...
Pros: Did not try to syrup cover characters who are flawed and wanting. Cons: Does not investigate enough the professor's life to understand his problems.
Douglas does a fine job with this script, though unperfect, is still miles ahead of most of the slop Hollywood attempts to shovel down the throats of movie-goers. His makeup and mannerisms are excellent in assisting his character in making us believe we...
Pros: Funny and poignant. Offers a wry envisioning of the literary world. Cons: Slow-paced (not necessarily a con for me).
Michael Douglas plays a writer named Grady Tripp, who once wrote a good book called The Arsonist's Daughter, and is now dealing with many problems in his life. His editor, played by Robert Downey Jr., has come to town and he is looking for a second ...
Pros: Character enriched film, unusually touching Cons: none
Grady Tripp has the opposite of writer’s block. A rare writing condition that forces him to write and write and write. He had a successful book called The Arsonist’s Daughter, but it was seven years ago. And now Grady’s publicist Terry Crabtree...
Pros: Superb acting, scenery, direction and storyline are so real you may think you are there. Cons: eventually, it has to end...
I was a real life Wonder Boy. Really, I was. You see, the movie takes place at an unnamed college in Pittsburgh, Pa. But if you look close enough (and you know what you are looking for) then you will realize that the school was Carnegie Mellon...
In Curtis Hanson's WONDER BOYS based on the novel by Michael Chabon Michael Douglas delivers one of his most compelling performances as Grady Tripp a ...More at Family Video
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