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      Wonder Boys

      2000, Comedy/Drama, 1h 52m

      127 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings

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      Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire do wonders in this clever dark comedy. Read critic reviews

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      Grady (Michael Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award winning "Great American Novel" 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.

      • Rating: R (Language|Drug Content)

      • Genre: Comedy, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Curtis Hanson

      • Producer: Curtis Hanson, Scott Rudin

      • Writer: Michael Chabon, Steve Kloves

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Rerelease Date (Theaters):

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $19.4M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Paramount Pictures

      • Production Co: Marubeni Corporation, Curtis Hanson Productions, Mutual Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions, MFF, Paramount Pictures, BBC

      • Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

      • Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

      Cast & Crew

      Robert Downey Jr.
      Katie Holmes
      Richard Thomas
      Philip Bosco
      Richard Knox
      Michael Cavaias
      Steve Kloves
      Ned Dowd
      Lisa Grundy
      Adam Schroeder
      Christopher Young
      Dante Spinotti
      Dede Allen
      Michael Bigger
      Jay Hart
      Allen Weisinger
      Zane Weiner
      Doug Metzger
      Dennis Drummond
      Kirk Francis

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      • Dec 29, 2015

        A superb performance from Michael Douglas. Exceedingly enjoyable and well acted. Not sure why I had not seen this until now.

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      • Jan 17, 2013

        It's a wonder that so many people enjoyed this film. I found it to be a hodgepodge of rubbish all wrapped up with a silly little soundtrack and grand claims that Douglas had given the performance of a lifestyle. Rubbish!

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      • Oct 21, 2012

        I'm not really sure how I felt about this picture. Michael Douglas plays this teacher/writer who is trying to fix his personal problems while finding a way to get his novel published. The Douglas character befriends a young student who is a gifted writer named James Leer played by Tobey McGuire but he is seen as rather dark, lifeless, and an enigma. The film also shows a lot about the campus lifestyle and well to be honest I never went to a university or went to any prestigious seminars, so it was all very alienating to me and overall the film didn't really touched me as I thought it would. The best performance imo goes to Michael Douglas as the teacher/writer Prof. Grady Tripp who is seen as someone going through a crisis in his life, who hasn't gotten out of the hippie life and enjoys blazing a joint or two. Tripp's salvation is his upcoming novel and his mistress (later on woman to be) Sara Gaskell played by Frances McDormand.

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      • May 02, 2011

        It's perfectly fine. I don't really buy anybody's character though. Michael Douglas, a depressive writer? Tobey Maguire, a psychopath? Katie Holmes, a writing ingenue? No, no, and no.

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