5 Reasons to Rent Wonder Boys:

1. It co-stars:
a) Robert Downey Jr.
b) Tobey Maguire
c) Katie Holmes
d) Frances McDormand (who makes more out of her 11 minutes of screen time here than Josh Hartnett has managed in his entire career)

2. Playing way, way, way, against type Michael Douglas is Grady Tripp, a professor who smokes dope, wears bad glasses, and occasionally dresses in a pink women's gown

3. It was written by Steve Kloves, the guy who wrote & directed "The Fabulous Baker Boys"

4. It features the immortal line: "I never forget an Oola"

5. 8 years later and I'm blogging about a movie that couldn't break 20million at the box office



James Leer (Tobey Maguire) [eating from a box of powder donuts]: These are incredible. Incredible!
Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas): Finish the rest of that joint, James, you can start chewing on the box.