to much sexual content
Wicker Park
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Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
This dopey thriller isn't worth your time.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14 and Under
What to watch out for
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Wicker Park was written by Nell Minow
Parents need to know that this movie has brief strong language, some explicit sexual references, and non-explicit sexual situations. Characters drink, and one becomes tipsy. There are tense and suspenseful situations and some jump-out-at-you surprises.
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What’s the Story?
WICKER PARK centers around Matt (Josh Hartnett), an executive who has recently returned to Chicago after two years away. He has a good job and is about to propose to his girlfriend, who conveniently happens to be the sister of his boss. The three of them are at a swanky restaurant, having lunch with important clients to celebrate a deal Matt is about to close in China. Matt's girlfriend slips him some pills to help him sleep on the plane and he swallows them at the restaurant. Then he hears the voice of a woman on the phone and the last two years seem to evaporate. It sounds like the voice of Lisa (Diane Kruger), the woman who broke his heart. Flashback time. Matt is a sweet, shy, artistic guy working in a photography store. He glimpses a face on a videotape brought into his store for repair. And then he sees the same woman across the street. He follows her. He meets her at his best friend's shoe store, pretending to be a salesman. He orders the black shoes with red soles in her size. They fall in love. And then...well, we don't find out what happened then for a while as the movie shifts back and forth between the past and present and between different characters' points of view.
Is It Any Good?
Wicker Park is a dopey thriller that sets up an intriguing puzzle and a nicely spooky vibe and then spoils it all by explaining too much and having that explanation be both achingly obvious and sometimes unintentionally hilarious, retroactively dissipating any creepiness created earlier and dumb-ifying the entire story even further. It's one of those movies that depends on its characters' inability to make a phone call or ask a question to straighten things out.
Matthew Lillard flounders in an attempt to play Matt's best friend. Rose Byrne as a mystery woman who shares Matt's girlfriend's name and shoes is slightly more interesting than the drippy character she plays, but her efforts to play Viola/Cesario in Twelfth Night (a character in disguise who does not tell her love, get it?) are simply dreadful. Harnett and Kruger move through the story like sleepwalkers who hope they won't wake up until the movie is over. I know how they feel.
Movie Details
Studio: MGM/UA, Director: Paul McGuigan
Run time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release: 9/3/2004, DVD release: 12/24/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexuality and language
Run time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release: 9/3/2004, DVD release: 12/24/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexuality and language
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Most Recent Reviews
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I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
perfect for older teens
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I rate this title on for age 16 and give it
I actually liked it.
I admit, this movie was confusing the first time I watched it. Friends have asked me to explain, and now that they get it, they like it too. Aside from the switching from past to present most of the time, the story is actually interesting and kept me watching. I wouldn't call it a thriller, but the entire movie is mysterious and you must watch it from beginning to end to understand it! The ending was beautiful!
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
Please Don't Watch
This movie simply was not very good. The entire premise of the movie was ridiculous- it took place in the modern day, yet miraculously, none of the characters had cell phones! Of course, this would have meant that the movie would have only taken up about half an hour. In addition to this, most of the scenes were seen several times in the points of view of different characters. It became exhausting after a while to have to see the same things over and over and over and over... you get the point. Don't pay to see this movie- it just isn't worth it.
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