Wicker Park - review

Matthew (Josh Hartnett) is a young professional about to leave on a job in China when in a fleeting moment he thinks he’s seen Lisa, his girlfriend who disappeared without a trace a couple of years ago.

Having left a newspaper and hotel key in the phone booth she used, Matthew decides to pursue the girl in the hope of re-uniting with her, but when he finally tracks her down to her apartment, he’s left disappointed. After letting himself, he discovers a girl named Lisa does live there, but it’s not the one he was searching for.

As his search for Lisa (Diane Kruger) goes on, his trip to China is postponed and he puts all his energy into finding her, but having spent the night with the girl in the apartment, he is also juggling his feelings about their brief encounter as well as relying on his friend Luke to help him make up his mind about what to do.

With his heart set on trying to discover why Lisa left without a trace, he’s determined to do all he can to find her, but with the new Lisa (Rose Byrne) in his life trying to persuade him to forget her, is it just coincidence that they found each other at the moment Matthew thought he saw his Lisa?

I really enjoyed this movie and thought it was well written. Although I was hoping for a bit more drama when I worked out how everything tied together, it didn’t spoil my enjoyment. Now that I’ve seen it once, I probably wouldn’t watch it again as the mystery has now been discovered, but I would definitely recommend it.