Wonder Boys Critic Reviews

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Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

A sweet screenful of quirky chaos.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The most accurate movie about campus life that I can remember.Read the full review

Variety | Emanuel LevyAdd Critic to Favorites

Massively inventive, Wonder Boys is spiked with fresh, perverse humor that flows naturally from the straight-faced playing.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

A handsomely mounted, graceful production that is well-played across the board.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Michael Douglas digs deep and delivers one of his best performances in Wonder Boys -- a comic dazzler of roguish wit and touching gravity that is driven by characters, not jokes.Read the full review

USA Today | Staff [Not Credited]Add Critic to Favorites

Droll mild amusement.Read the full review

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Quite pleasant.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Sweet, flaky, and more than a little aimless.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

The sentimentality overtakes Wonder Boys when, in the last half hour, it tries to make nice with its characters and fashion a deep message from a trivial story.Read the full review

The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

With so much going for it, how could the movie be such a dud?Read the full review

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