Wicker Park

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Wicker Park

PG-13

2004

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

Romance

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Matthew (Josh Hartnett) and Lisa (Diane Kruger) are madly in love. But one day Lisa vanishes. Simon enters an emotional tailspin and begins an obsessive quest to find her. Years later, Simon's life has stabilized, and he's in a new relationship. Then he thinks he sees Lisa in a restaurant and fixates on her all over again. He snoops around and eventually tracks down the mysterious woman from the restaurant. Her name is Alex (Rose Byrne), but she acts just like Lisa.

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Critics Consensus

Implausible coincidences and an overly convoluted structure make the movie hard to follow or believe.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Mar 18, 2014

1/5

The four main characters are all odd, sad and lonely. No wonder they don't call each other on their cells to straighten things out -- they're all too depressed to dial.

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Christy Lemire

Associated Press

Mar 18, 2014

Wicker Park is one of those maddening movies in which the characters do incredibly stupid things simply for the sake of plot contrivance, and everyone's problems would be solved if they simply picked up their cell phones.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Mar 18, 2014

1/5

A quite extraordinarily boring psychological drama of obsession, impersonation and mistaken identity.

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Jon Fortgang

Film4

Mar 18, 2014

Both bland and slightly daft.

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Brian Pendreigh

Radio Times

Mar 18, 2014

3/5

Convoluted though this plot may seem, at least the inventive visuals from Gangster No 1 director Paul McGuigan keep you engrossed.

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Record S

@Record_Straight Oct 6, 2026

To all the reviews saying, "They should have just picked up their cell phones," THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY CELL PHONES IN THIS FILM! Did you not notice that the film starts with a PHONE BOOTH scene and that ANSWERING MACHINE MESSAGES GET DELETED? Both are significant plot points. Were you looking at your phone the whole time this movie was playing?

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Jovana M.

@J_loves_movies Jun 28, 2026

If you want to get bored to the core, watch this movie. Rose Byrne was the only highlight in it

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Juris O

@Juris100 Jun 17, 2026

A strange film, but worth watching once.

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Markus E

@RT10635992 Apr 19, 2026

I agree with some of the critics--which I hardly ever do, regarding the multiple social or communications not probable matters. However, one needs to watch Wicker Park at least a couple of times to be able to put all the pieces together (not all films should be judged at first watch [Alfred Hitchcock movies were at first overall dismissed but now he is overly hyped by critics, just but one example]). WICKER PARK IS A MUST WATCH. Fascinating film. Well covered story, even with its few shortcomings. Two thumbs way up.

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Michael T

@tuxsum81 Jan 21, 2026

I’ve watched this move over 10 times. It is incredible. Hard to follow initially but once you get it, the acting is great. Rose Byrne specifically is amazing in this

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Dan A

@Dan33185 Oct 19, 2025

Movies like this are why I pay zero attention to movie cr1tics opinions, they are worthless.

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Synopsis

Matthew (Josh Hartnett) and Lisa (Diane Kruger) are madly in love. But one day Lisa vanishes. Simon enters an emotional tailspin and begins an obsessive quest to find her. Years later, Simon's life has stabilized, and he's in a new relationship. Then he thinks he sees Lisa in a restaurant and fixates on her all over again. He snoops around and eventually tracks down the mysterious woman from the restaurant. Her name is Alex (Rose Byrne), but she acts just like Lisa.

Director: Paul McGuigan
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Andre Lamal
Screenwriter: Brandon Boyce, Gilles Mimouni
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Lakeshore Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 4, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.8M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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