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"Wonder Boys" is a sweetly-serious "dramedy" about Grady, a middle-aged academic and author (Michael Douglas), whose life has settled into a rut. He suffers a series of life crises over the course of one long weekend, as well as coping with several outside crises that seem to fall into his lap. These include his wife leaving him; his girlfriend announcing she's pregnant; his pretty grad student hitting on him; his NYC book editor turning up to see his seven-years-in-the-making next novel; and a possibly-suicidal student who has written a novel of his own--could he be the next "wonder boy?" Also involved in the entertaining plot are a blind dog named Po; a waitress named Oola; and a fur-collared jacket worn by Marilyn Monroe when she married Joltin' Joe DiMaggio. The weekend's events shake Grady loose from his pot-fueled apathy and compel him to finally decide what it is he wants for the next stage of his life.
I missed this film when it was in the theaters. I am not a huge Michael Douglas fan, but this is a fine performance, one where he actually inhabits the character and "makes him real." He is marvelously supported by Tobey McGuire as James, a celebrity-death-obsessed writing student; Frances McDormand as the wife of the English Department chancellor (and Grady's pregnant girlfriend); and Robert Downey Jr. as Grady's on-the-prowl book editor in another of Downey's small-but-perfectly-nuanced, completely real performances.
This adult comedy treats all of the characters with affection and respect. There are no villains, just real people. Have fun playing "spot the character actors" (Phillip Bosco, Rip Torn, Richard Thomas, Kelly Bishop, to name a few).
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I loved this movie! It was hilarious with an amazing cast!
The movie has been out for awhile, but I never got around to watching it. I found out the movie was based off the book, "Wonder Boys" by Michael Chabon, so I had to check it out.
The cast includes Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jr., Tobey Maguire, Katie Holmes and Frances McDormand! According to Amazon it also stars Philip Bosco ??, his role is about 20 seconds, if youve ever even heard of the guy!
The story was great, the laughs kept coming throughout it!
Highly recommended to anyone looking for a fun, everyday life kind of movie!
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"Wonder Boys" isn't quite a masterwork like Curtis Hanson's previous film, "L.A. Confidential," but it's excellent in its own way.
The humor in the film is subtle, but there are several guffaws to be had. The film follows a college English professor played by Michael Douglas during the weekend of Wordfest, a literary celebration that brings out a best-selling author (Rip Torn) whose prolific success only makes Douglas, who wrote one best-seller seven years earlier, feel like a failure. His marriage is on the rocks, he's having an affair with a colleague's wife (Frances McDormand), battling with his publisher (Robert Downey, Jr), and trying to comprehend the eccentricity of one of his most gifted pupils (Toby McGuire).
This is the kind of movie that should appeal to anyone who majored in English in college and delighted in mocking the pompous pinheads so often found in advanced literature courses. They are abundantly portrayed here.
Brian W. Fairbanks
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I missed this movie in the theater, but it was on television one day and I had to have my own copy. Wonder Boys has become one of my top ten movie favorites of all time. It's a surprising sleeper that is worth having for every collection.
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Man, I hated that guy the second he got to the podium and said that!
A friend of mine lent me his copy of "Wonder Boys" a few years back. This is the book, mind you. I loved the book, so I was interested in seeing the movie when it came out... but I never did. I actually had to borrow the DVD from the same guy who lent me the book in the first place!
I was worried that the movie would really deviate from the book and try to sensationalize the murders (the dog... the snake). However, though the snake was omitted, they did not. In fact, aside from the whole story with the auto and the trip up north to his in-laws' house, the movie is pretty accurate to the book. I like how the movie was paced as well. Despite all the zannyness of the book, the film and the actions of the actors came off to me as realistic.
Also, I'm glad they shot on location in Pittsburgh. I would hate to see a movie about Pittsburgh (where I'm living now) and it be filmed in Toronto or Indianapolis...
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