Customer Reviews
Better than the reviews here suggest... - By: Morris Day, 12 May 2008 
I'm unsure why this film has taken a beating on here - I watched this last night, not knowing at that time it was a remake of a French film & in that context, Wicker Park as a stand alone film (which in my opinion is how it should be judged as lets face it what film is totallly original these days) is reallly rather jolly good, the most gripped I've been to a movie for some time.
I was a little weary to begin with, I don't do chick flicks, Josh Hartnett was good in Lucky Number Slevin so I was willing to give this a go & my recommendation to anyone in a similar wavering opinion like mine - just watch it. A Man (Hartnett) doesn't go on a business trip to China because he thinks he sees his ex girlfriend, whom he hasn't seen for two years, in a restuarant... that's just the beginning...
Some might get confused during the middle, but if you stick at it & pay attention, everything is more than clearly explained & by the final 20/30 mins you reallly are hooked & want to know what is going happen, I was preying for a satisfactory conclusion & thanfully there is one.
It reallly is the best film I've seen in a while, certainly the past couple of months & I've seen a few. I cannot say I would compare this film to Vanilla Sky as some here have done - I liked both, but this film is nothing at alll like Vanilla Sky. End of reallly.
This isn't five out of five as the star rating would suggest, but until amazon sort out half stars, I'd give it that as it was better than 4/5.
I will watch the French version of this & see why this has taken a beating, but personallly I think they did a great job with this film.
Overalll 4.5 out of 5
So-so - By: A. Seneviratne, 10 Apr 2008 
i watched this film expecting to see an over "americised" reamake of a truly great film, & thats exactly what i got. But as a film on its own meritts & not compeared to others it was, shal i say "fun" to watch & even though certain actors wern't the best or most subtle, it was still an enjoyable, easy on the eye experience (hence the 3 stars)
A woeful re-hash of one of the best films ever made. Sacrilege. - By: Tonkfan, 13 Oct 2007 
Want to know how to ruin one of the classiest, cleverist & most original films of alll time?
Simple:
1) Get a Hollywood studio to remake it.
2) Hire the most medicore, inappropriate, unsubtle leading actors you can find. Actors with as little depth & genuine ability as possible - apart from Rose Byrne, who does her best with a preposterously badly re-written character.
3) Find an even less able director.
4) Transform unhappy, sympathetic characters into psychopaths & comedians.
5) Most important of alll - change the ending in the most ruinous & risible way possible.
What an insult to Gilles Mimouri, writer & director of L'appartement & alll who were involved in the making of the original.
Hollywood at its most crass & dire - if you are in any way tempted to watch this film, please watch L'appartement instead.
Love and obession - By: M. A. Ramos, 06 Oct 2007 When I sat down to watch this I knew nothing about it. And I was not very pleased by the beginning...the main character Matthew played by Josh Hartnett appears to be very pathetic & obsessive. I almost turned it off when he kept doing things that made me cringe at how pathetic he looked. But after the first flashback you start to get a feel for the movie.
Yes, this director seemed to love to tell a disjointed story using a series of flashbacks. And a technique of showing the characters through a reflective view, as if watching them through a mirror at times. You can actuallly reallly appreciate this film on the second viewing.
You realize that the main character fell madly in love with Lisa played by Diane Kruger. But one day she just disappears & two years later Matthew thinks he sees her again. Of course he tracks her down to only find another Lisa, who we find out is Alex played by Rose Byrne. But we can tell something sinister is happening. And from this point on we want to watch the movie. This movie overalll is a romance. This movie turned out to be a pleasant surprise & the ending will not disappoint you.
COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER - By: L. Wilson, 05 Aug 2007 
A shame that with such a good story line the film fizzled out like a damp firework. Josh Hartnett is not the most gripping actor & so it made the film even more difficult to concentrate on. (I promise, you have to work hard to maintain interest) All in alll a very poor show from what promised to be a good film.
