L'Appartement, Scott Foundas wrote in Variety that both Wicker Park directing and screenplay were faithful to the French original, praising the way the film's second half "jumps back and forth in time and shifts between various characters' points-of-view, until finally the disparate pieces of the pic's fragmented puzzle come together." He added, "And while cynical viewers will no doubt suggest that [the] pic's entire mystery could be remedied with a single e-mail or cell phone call, the same might be said for Vertigo, and there's something refreshing and timeless about the way Wicker Park allows its characters to rely on their own wits rather than those increasingly common technological aids." The non-linear narrative received a mixed response. In a mixed review, The Boston Globe says, "The preview audience I saw it with hooted in disbelief at the outrageous bits, then happily dug in to see what would happen next." Conversely, The Washington Post says, "This is a smart movie, full of astonishing reverses and switchbacks, and it adroitly walks the thin line between too clever by half and not clever enough by three-quarters." In a favorable review, Roger Ebert says Wicker Park "works because the actors invest their scenes with what is, under the circumstances, astonishing emotional realism." Wicker Park was nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival, the city in which it was partially filmed. Box-office gross Filmed on a budget of $30 million, Wicker Park grossed only $21.6 million worldwide. Home media On December 28, 2004, the movie was released on DVD and VHS from MGM Home Entertainment. References External links 2004 films 2004 romantic drama films 2004 thriller drama films 2000s American films 2000s English-language films 2000s mystery drama films 2000s mystery thriller films 2000s psychological drama films 2000s romantic thriller films American mystery drama films American mystery thriller films American nonlinear narrative films American psychological drama films American remakes of French films American romantic drama films American romantic thriller films American thriller drama films Films directed by Paul McGuigan Films produced by Gary Lucchesi Films produced by Tom Rosenberg Films scored by Cliff Martinez Films set in apartment buildings Films set in Chicago Films shot in Chicago Films shot in Montreal Films shot in New York City Lakeshore Entertainment films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Romance film remakes Thriller film remakes