Wonder Boys details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Katie Holmes, Alan Tudyk, Rip Torn, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Frances McDormand, Richard Thomas, Michael Douglas |
| Director: | Curtis Hanson |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | UCA |
| Collections: | 100 must-see movies, Our Favourites |
| Name | Discs | |
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Wonder Boys |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 48 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 03 Sep 2001 |
| Main languages: | English |
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A funny, entertaining ...
By a customer from LEEDS , 05 Aug 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
A funny, entertaining and at times poignant study of a talented writer's mid-life crisis. Michael Douglas surprises by giving quite easily his best performance since "Falling Down" and Tobey Maguire again proves why he is one the best actors of his generation. Robert Downey Jr, Katie Holmes and others give this film further class. Defintely worth a couple of hours of your time.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(63)entertaining, engaging, fascinating
By denis007 (134 reviews) , 20 May 2013Great movie with great actors. Lots of interesting subjects to debate after watching Wonder Boys. Unusual but worth the 'trip'. I actually laughed a lot which surprised me at first. I did not expect it at all but I highly recommend it for its sarcastic humor and its dark aspects. Dark in all sense of the term. You'll have an awesome time watching it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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It's a wonder I didn't understand it earlier
By a customer , 03 Dec 2012A masterpiece. I hated this film when i watched it first, but i just hadn't got it. You need to have experienced a certain amount of hard knocks in life before relating to the chief characters' disaffected states. As you grow older you realise this is EXACTLY what a bender in the midst of personal crisis is like. Brilliant acting, inspired comic moments and a badass soundtrack all help.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Excellent film
By a customer , 24 Oct 2011I love this film, I think it is beautifully filmed, excellent acting especially McGuire, funny and emotional. An extremely intellegent film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A bit weird really
By a customer from OXON , 25 May 2011Although Douglas and Maguire put in a strong performance, this film was simply too 'black comedy' for me to really get involved with it. Watchable, certainly, but instantly forgettable.- Was this review helpful to you?
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WONDER BOYS
By Greenfingersjake (125 reviews) from Milton Keynes , 26 Sep 2010College Professor and novelist, Grady Tripp, is suffering from writer's block which causes him to be be filled with self doubt.
Long Before Toby Found Spider man Or Robert was made of Iron or Michael found his Miss Jones most of these actors had all been in the wilderness not doing much or nothing at all. So it was some surprise upon its release of how well it would do.
It comes from the creative director of L A Confidential which was also a ground breaking movie as he used actors that where not A list stars at the time and like this movie it works.
This is a very good thought provoking film about those people who are struggling to find something inside them and spend there whole life searching while totally unaware about what is going on in the real world.
The performances from its cast are all outstanding and if ever there was a message it is that never give up hope everyone has got something to write about- Was this review helpful to you?
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