Wonder Boys
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73 out of 100

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  • Starring: Michael Douglas, Tobey maguire
  • Summary: Grady Tripp (Douglas) is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years -- not since he wrote his award-winning Great American Novel seven years ago. It's hardly surprising, then that his college's annual literary festival fills the former wonder boy with more than his usual quota of self-doubt and anxiety. This festival weekend, however, proves even worse than he could have imagined as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy, his most gifted writing student James Leer (Maguire). (Paramount Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    The most accurate movie about campus life that I can remember.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    With a cast this terrific and a story this rich and wry, Wonder Boys really can't miss, even if it thumps to an underwhelming and moralistic ending that undoes a fair amount of its goodwill.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    80
    Maguire and Douglas are extraordinary (though Douglas feels a little old for his role, which seems to have been written for a man in his early 40s); even Downey Jr. delivers a sharp, understated performance.
  4. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    60
    For those seeking even a little adventurousness in their filmgoing experiences, the movie will wear thin very quickly.

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  1. TedB.
    3
    Three points for the score. The few good moments in this film can't compensate for the stereotypical "writers" and "academics"---- Did nobody in Hollywood actually GO to college? … Expand

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