Wicker Park (2004)
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Year: 2004
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Josh Hartnett (Matt), Diane Kruger (Lisa), Rose Byrne (Alex), Matthew Lillard (Luke), Jessica Pare (Rebecca)
Country: United States
Language: English (English Subtitles)
Runtime: 01:54:55
Genres: Mystery
Plot – Spoilers:
Wicker Park is the American remake of L’appartement and pretty much stays true to the original, except for the ending.
Matt, an ad executive, has moved back from New York where he met his fiancee. While his career has been on the upswing, Matt’s having second thoughts about marriage. And this gets compounded when he glimpses an ex, Lisa, during a business meeting at a cafe. He cancels his upcoming trip to China and begins an obsessive search for Lisa while trying to piece together why they went separate.
Excellent film, it takes you down the many avenues of human emotion in the conquest of happiness and relationships. Here we see explored the emotions of disappointment, attachment, grief, jealousy, all in the process of finding that ecstatic, illusionary euphoric and addictive state of a romance that will last forever but may be abruptly cut short by the lies of those we think we can fall in love with and trust. Absolutely a must watch, thoroughly enjoyed. The actors amazing!