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Dominican Rep. Wonder Boys
10,857
Comedy
On the day his third wife leaves him and his literary agent arrives to pressure him to finish a novel seven years in the writing, Carnegie Mellon professor, Grady Tripp, also learns that his married mistress is pregnant. Seven years before, with his first novel, he was a wonder boy. So was his agent. Both now need something. Over the weekend, instead of making choices, he vacillates in a pot-induced haze. One of his students, James ... [+]
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"'Wonder Boys' is the most accurate movie about campus life that I can remember (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
United Kingdom |
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"Wonderful (...) It is a rich, complex broth which steams slowly into your senses and leaves you with a warm, lasting glow (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" | POS |
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United States |
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"'Wonder Boys'' is like a George Cukor movie with a bad head cold -- slow, muffled and vague." | NEG |
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United States |
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"Witty and sophisticated (...) Michael Douglas gives the best performance of his career" | POS |
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United States |
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"It's an often-wondrous comedy, just as rich and surprising as L.A. Confidential but considerably less dark" | POS |
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United States |
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"I’d have liked 'Wonder Boys' better if it weren’t so whimsical and precious — a series of conceits posing as characters." | NEU |
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United States |
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"An emotionally dishonest movie about emotionally dishonest people." | NEG |
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