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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldThe film is stylish, the compromising elements that usually junk up a Hollywood "date movie" are nowhere to be seen, the ensemble of supporting actors is strong and, despite a certain woodenness, Hartnett is appealing and mostly very believable.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonTo work, it has to make us feel crazy with love, like "Vertigo" did. Instead, it often just makes us feel crazy for believing any of it.
- 40Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterDippy romantic thriller.
- 40The New York TimesDave KehrThe New York TimesDave KehrThe French original was a clever Hitchcock homage with a murder at its center. For reasons unknown, the murder plot has been dropped from the remake (though a few confusing traces of it remain), which leaves Wicker Park without much real urgency to drive its extremely contrived plot.
- 38New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardStructure overwhelms everything, but it's not as if Wicker Park has nothing to say. It's full of ugly truths about emotional frailty, and implies that stalking is a bad thing only when you're not charming enough about it.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenMay have been adapted the 1996 French film "L'Appartement," but pretty much all evidence of what was once an engaging psychodrama has been lost in the translation.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn elegant tale of romantic obsession weighed down by a needlessly convoluted plot that yields far more confusion than psychological suspense.
- 25Miami HeraldConnie OgleMiami HeraldConnie OgleThe whole incoherent mess is sort of like a downbeat Gap ad, only longer and a lot more boring.
- A dementedly artificial and artsy film, a headache-inducing jumble of fractured narrative, flashbacks within flashbacks, and shifting perspectives.
- 20Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanA limp and exceedingly uninvolving melodrama.