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Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstarstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstarstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Michael O’Sullivan - Washington Post
starstarstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstarstar Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide
starstarstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstar Jon Popick - @N-Zone
starstar A.O. Scott - NY Times

“This smart, literate film is especially noticeable for its generosity of spirit, for the sympathetic compassion and warmth it displays toward people who don't always receive it”

- Kenneth Turan

“Everyone involved seems to have agreed that it was a great idea for a movie and pretty much left it at that”

- A.O. Scott

Wonder Boys
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Michael Douglas stars as a blocked writer and screwed up college professor who just can’t make the right choices. Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Hannah Green, Rip Torn, Robert Downey Jr., John R. Devich, David Lean, Matt Ross, Richard Thomas. Director: Curtis Hanson (2000, R)
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