Wonderboys There are so many reasons to rejoice about Wonder Boys that I find myself hard pressed to focus on just one. I loved this movie. I loved the writing, the direction, the performances.
Complications arise at once.
Not to mention James Leer, who turns out to be more than a handful himself, and I haven't even mentioned the dead dog in Tripp's trunk. Wonder Boys is the sort of bittersweet farce that walks a delicate line between obnoxious gags and pratfalls, and sentimental sloppiness. At every turn of events the story might lean too much one way or the other, lose its balance, and tumble headlong into failure. Miraculously, it never does. The movie is smart, funny, touching, and offers first-rate opportunities for everyone involved.