Film Review: WONDER BOYS, 2000

Tribute review for director Curtis Hanson who died today at the age of 71. 

WONDER BOYS, 2000
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Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Tobey Maguire, Katie Holes, Rip Torn
Review by Jarred Thomas

SYNOPSIS:

English Professor, Grady Tripp, tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.

REVIEW:

Struggling Professor Grady Tripp (Douglas) is writing his second novel coming off the success of his first novel, The Arsonist’s Daughter. However, suffering from writer’s block, Tripp is unable to complete the second novel, and continues to add more pages to the already two thousand page novel. Meanwhile, he is having an affair with Sara Gaskell (McDormand) the wife of chairman of the English department, Walter. He struggles…