Wicker Park

Love makes us do crazy things that we normally wouldn't even think of doing.

Written by Gilles Mimouni and Brandon Boyce. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring Josh Hartnett (Matthew), Rose Byrne (Alex), Matthew Lillard (Luke), and Dianne Kruger (Lisa).

Running Time: 114 minutes.

Story

This is another of those movies that are hard to write the synopsis of without spoiling the plot twist. So let me just say it involves a very attractive girl (Lisa) that is being followed around and being admired by a shy boy (Matthew). This makes for a boring movie, but in this one an evil person lurks behind the bushes determined to stop the attractive girl from ending up with the shy boy. I know that this is a very simplistic way of describing the story, but I really find it hard to describe the plot without revealing the twist.

Thoughts

This is a very confusing movie, at least until the plot twist is being slowly revealed. Before that you'd look at the screen with the most skeptical look you can muster and ask, "What is this movie about?" Thirty minutes into the movie and I was still wondering what it is all about. I would have stopped watching at that point, but I didn't because the filmmakers made me want to see how it will end for the two protagonists. You'd actually care for the characters in this movie even though nothing much is going on for almost forty minutes.

And that's pretty much all I can say about the movie. Chicago in the "The Lake House" is beautiful. Chicago here is pretty boring except for the park itself. I didn't really care for the soundtrack except for Coldplay's "The Scientist" near the end. Love the twist, even though I thought they could have presented the whole story in a less confusing way. Would I watch it again? Maybe. Would I recommend it to my friends? Not really.