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Wicker Park

Passion never dies.

2004 · 1h 55m · PG-13 Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Directed by Paul McGuigan

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Overview

Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.

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27%
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Rotten

The four main characters are all odd, sad and lonely. No wonder they don't call each other on their cells to straighten things out -- they're all too depressed to dial.

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Rotten

Wicker Park is one of those maddening movies in which the characters do incredibly stupid things simply for the sake of plot contrivance, and everyone's problems would be solved if they simply picked up their cell phones.

Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Fresh

Wicker Park then doubles back on itself, layering flashback upon flashback, but instead of building toward a grand romantic climax, it just gets sillier before exploding into a torrent of unintended laughs.

Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten

Wicker Park is built on such a goofy premise that your average soap-opera scriptwriter would laugh it out of a story meeting.

Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal
Fresh

There are some striking visuals and Hartnett is a magnetic presence.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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