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Title: FLACCID FUN
Review: Critically acclaimed at its time of release, I can't find myself jumping on the bandwagon for this one. WONDER BOYS features some really good performances from Michael Douglas as a washed out professor whose tribulations on a certain weekend would be more than enough to vanquish any male; Frances McDormand as the college chancellor and lover--and wife of his boss (a subdued and underused Richard Thomas); Tobey Maguire as a rather glum young wannabe writer with worlds of talent; Robert Downey Jr. as a homosexual editor who sets his sights on Maguire; and even Katie Holmes as one of Douglas' students who offers him solace. The whole thing is so laid back, though, and its points of conflict seemingly forced that I couldn't get involved in spite of the acting. WONDER BOYS just didn't fill me with any kind of wonder at all.
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