Wonder Boys
WONDER BOYS (15)
D: Curtis Hanson
Paramount/Mutual (Scott Rudin & Curtis
Hanson)
US 2000
112 mins
Comedy/Drama
W: Steve Kloves [based on the
novel by Michael Chabon]
DP: Dante Spinotti
Ed: Dede Allen
Mus: Christopher Young
Michael Douglas (Grady Tripp),
Tobey Maguire (James Leer), Frances McDormand (Sara Gaskell), Robert Downey, Jr. (Terry Crabtree), Katie Holmes (Hannah Green), Richard Thomas (Walter Gaskell), Rip Torn
(Q)
Michael Douglas stars as Grady Tripp, an
academic novelist suffering both writer's block and a mid-life crisis whilst his protégé, a young student sees his fortunes turn upwards.
This black comedy is mostly a series of
disasters for it's leading man, who gives his best screen performance for the best part of a decade, helped by a witty screenplay adapted from Michael Chabron's
novel.
6/10
