Wicker Park
Review by Clint Morris
 As
if life itself isn't enough of a confusing mess most days,
Hollywood has to churn out something that'll fry your mind
in one sitting - and not necessarily from incessant, tricky
plot twists, but more the case of pure boredom.
Josh Hartnett headlines this lazy, derivative, remake of
the slightly better Gallic film L'Appartement, playing
a city slicker who fixatedly tracks down his long lost love
(Diane Kruger), who mysteriously disappeared in a bar some
two years earlier.
Meantime, filmmaker Paul McGuigan attempts to inject his
best Hitchcockian twist into proceedings by throwing the audience
a curveball at the end of every reel change. So much so, that
they, let alone the character, won't know where the heck they
- or the film - are going.
It really says something about a film when its saving grace
is Matthew Lillard. Yep, Shaggy's the best thing in this rubbish.
One of the better performances the comic actor has given in
quite some time - if not the best - Lillard's character seems
to be about the realest human in the movie, and somewhat notably
interesting.
Harnett, on the other hand, the guy that's supposed to be
carrying the film, is about as bland as a white-painted mural.
As for the women…their performances will be all but forgotten
by the time the lights come up.
Wicker Park might be quite attractive - the cinematography
and use of split screen is quite engaging - and is appreciably
different, but it isn't somewhere you'd really want to stroll
through, especially when there are so many much more attractive
sights to check out at the local box office.
1 out of 5
Wicker Park
Australian release: Thursday December 9th
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard, Diane
Kruger, Christopher Cousins, Jessica Paré.
Director: Paul McGuigan.
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