Wonder Boys

Starring: Frances McDormand

Directed by: Curtis Hanson

RS: Not Rated

2000 Drama

Wonder Boys, Curtis Hanson's funny and touching film about a one-hit novelist turned pothead college prof (Michael Douglas), opened in February to shining reviews and shit box office. Now it's being rereleased so you can see what you missed: head-of-the-class performances by Douglas, Frances McDormand as his pregnant lover, Robert Downey Jr. as his gay editor and Tobey Maguire as his suicidal student. Get going, you laggards.

PETER TRAVERS