• Home
• The Author

Movie Review: Wicker Park

Posted on July 28, 2007

Wicker Park has been on my list for a while and it started to make its’ way to the top when I moved to Chicago (it being a Chicago based movie and all). Needless to say I was excited when it showed up in the mail a couple weeks back but with all the traveling I have been doing and with the Tour de France in full effect I didn’t have a chance to watch it until this afternoon.

I wasn’t sure what to expect with the film since it could have easily been a cheesy love triangle piece but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The film had me on the edge of my seat the whole time and the plot never felt contrived to me.

What I loved about the story was that it was only as complicated as it needed to be. I thought at times it was going to over the David Lynch cliff and end up pretty out there but every time the film came back to center and the plot thickened causing me to pull closer to the TV.

I don’t want to say much more about this movie since I don’t want to spoil it but I will say that it is worth a watch. Wicker Park is a gripping thought provoking mystery that takes place amongst multiple love stories that will keep you on the edge to the very end.