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Wonder Boys (2000)

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Release Date: February 25, 2000
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language and drug content.
Director: Curtis Hanson
Writer: Steven Kloves, Michael Chabon
Cast: Rip Torn, Richard Thomas, Jane Adams, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Frances McDormand, Tobey Maguire, Michael Douglas

An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet, an unstable student, a fed-up wife, a pregnant lover -it's safe to say that Grady Tripp has a number of issues to deal with this weekend. Grady is a 50ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years not since he wrote his award-winning Great American Novel 7 years ago. It's hardly surprising, then, that his college's annual literary festival fills the former wonder Read more

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Grade: A- If one can think of just a few movies worthy of critical praise yet neglected by the majority of audiences, one should think of a little Michael Douglas/Tobey Maguire film called Wonder Boys, a 2000 release about a one-time author who's life is going to hell. Read the full movie review

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