Wicker Park
by Paul McGuigan
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Actor: Christopher Cousins, Diane Kruger, Josh Hartnett, Matthew Lillard, Rose ByrneDirector: Paul McGuigan
Brand: HARTNETT,JOSH
Producer: Andre Lamal
Producer: Gary Lucchesi
Producer: Georges Benayoun
Producer: Gilles Mimouni
Writer: Gilles Mimouni
Producer: Harley Tannenbaum
Writer: Brandon Boyce
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-28
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- AC-3; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Wicker Park
Movie Review: Gorgeous, Deep, Compelling, Heartbreaking, and Seductive
Summary: 5 Stars
Ah, while I was sitting here, listening to "Strange and Beautiful" by Aqualung, I got to thinking, "gosh, this reminds me of Wicker Park. When the hell, is that coming out?!" So, here I sit to find it comes out on Dec. 28th. ROCK ON! I've seen this movie 3 times. How sad. I never see a movie in a theater 3 times! Here's the thing. Last August was near the end of a great summer. I met someone i completely feel for. We had some amazing friends and spent every day after work together. Then I come to find out, my love was falling in love with me and got scared so then bailed out. Its amazing how long it takes to find love and then loose it so quickly. Thats when I saw this movie for the first time and I realized something. My life, as well as most other people can identify with someone in this movie to some certain degree. It's all about lost love. From the bright dream-like flashbacks of Mathew's (Josh Hartnett) past with former flame Lisa (Diane Kruger) to the almost dark and ominous feel of the present, it brings you into his world. The one character that blew me away with her depth was "Lisa", the nurse that Mathew meets and becomes obsessed with him. You see, she has the most complex character. You feel every emotion towards this character. Curiosity, humility, total hatred, sadness, and pity. Not nessesarily in that order. There is so much depth and questioning in this movie, you do have to pay attention. If you do get it, which shouldnt be that hard, for anyone with depth, you'll find that this movie is more than a cat-and-mouse chase, it's about the trials of love and lust. One important line is "Love will make you do crazy things". Well, this is true to an extent. I think we all can say we "stalked" someone to a small degree. You know, to maybe find out their name or something. Now, this is extreme stuff, but it'd be a boring movie if they didnt reach into some depth. I dont want to give it away, but the ending is the BEST ending ever. I can't say why, but it's the kind of ending people truly wish for. It's not a hollywood happy ending by any means, but truly a tearjerking ending that plays in slow motion to Coldplay's "The Scientist" (which until I saw that will make me teary-eyed everytime I hear it). So, that was a long story, but this movie is amazing. Everyone I know that has seen it has loved it. It's not a chick-flick but it has depth along the lines of American Beauty. A must for anyone who has ever loved and lost.
Summary of Wicker Park
Enter the torrid and treacherous world of Wicker Park, where deception and seduction walk hand in hand. Starring an outstanding cast of Hollywood's hottest young stars, including Josh Hartnett(Pearl Harbor), Rose Byrne (City of Ghosts), Matthew Lillard (Scream) and Diane Kruger (Troy), Wicker Park is a sizzling, action-packed noir thriller that will leave you breathless. What if the woman you loved disappeared without a word? Without a trace? How far would you go to find her again? When Matthew (Hartnett) glimpses his lost love (Kruger) in a crowdedcafÃ(c), he's determined not to lose her a second time. But determination soon turns to obsession, as Matthew finds himself on a dangerous and chilling journey, where no one is who they seem and chance meetings with a sexy brunette (Byrne) might unravel friendships, careers and lives.No, Josh Hartnett doesn't make the most convincing corporate up-and-comer in the world, but then Matthew, his character in this pensive romantic drama, is supposed to be uncomfortable in his business costume. He's a photographer at heart, a sensitive guy who abandoned that passion when Lisa (Diane Kruger), his enigmatic other true love, abandoned him. Their romance had an oddly abrupt end after Lisa left without a word, so when Matthew thinks he sees her upon returning to Chicago, he starts lying to his fiancée and practically stalking his old flame before becoming entangled in a strange tryst with a lovesick nurse (Rose Byrne). The MGM publicity department busied itself trying to promote this remake of L'Appartement (1996) as some kind of heavy-breathing Fatal Attraction, and director Paul McGuigan certainly fills it with enough slick split-screens and MTV-soundtrack moments to hype it, yet it isn't even remotely a thriller. There are flashbacks upon flashbacks--Vanilla Sky begins to feel linear in comparison--and the screenplay insists on spelling everything out so we'll be sure to get how thoughtful it really is, but it all isn't half bad. Though Hartnett is a little out of his depth, his gentle, beleaguered masculinity works well, and the women are both compelling: Kruger redeems herself after being more wooden than the Trojan Horse in Troy, and Byrne is quite good. Even Matthew Lillard does solid work as Matthew's vulnerable, big-talking buddy. Somewhere in all of it is a surprisingly adult look at the things people do when love seems either too perilously close or too far away to believe in. --Steve Wiecking
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