Wonder Boys (2000) - The A.V. Club

Cast

Michael Douglas (Grady Tripp)Tobey Maguire (James Leer)Frances McDormand (Sara Gaskell)Robert Downey Jr. (Terry Crabtree)Katie Holmes (Hannah Green)Rip Torn (Q)Richard Knox (Vernon Hardapple)Jane Adams (Oola)Michael Cavadias (Miss Sloviak)Richard Thomas (Walter Gaskell)Alan Tudyk (Traxler)Philip Bosco (Emily's Father)George Grizzard (Fred Leer)Kelly Bishop (Amanda Leer)Bill Velin (Officer Pupcik)Charis Michelsen (Carrie)Yusuf Gatewood (Howard)June Hildreth (Emily's Mother)

Director

Curtis Hanson

Synopsis

An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.