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After many years of recommendations, I finally sat down and watched Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson). I don’t really have much to say about it, except that I liked it. I didn’t find the character development to be exceptionally deep, but there was definitely enough to give the actors something to work with (which they did). Anyway, it was a dark comedy/coming-of-age story that was pretty enjoyable to watch.

I laughed out loud a few times. Tobey Maguire’s character was both pathetic and comical. Michael Douglas’ was quirky and messed-up, and it was morbidly fun to watch his circumstances go from bad to worse (I would have liked to know a bit more about his book, “The Arsonist’s Daughter”, though). Katie Holmes’ part was thankfully small. Also, I think this is the first Robert Downey Jr. movie that I have ever seen, except for Natural Born Killers, which I have blocked from memory.