Glad to be unhappy

Wonder Boys

(2000)

How fucking good is this movie? This movie is so fucking good that even Katie Holmes is good in it. And while I recognize that this is tall cotton, I believe this is the best Frances McDormand has ever been. I really need to get around to reading something by Michael Chabon one of these days.

License plate bonus: when we first see Hannah's (Holmes) car, I thought I noticed Utah plates, a significant character note in a film ostentatiously set and filmed in Pittsburgh. So then, paying attention, I confirmed my perception and also noticed a wonderful continuity error: look for it. Also, in the edenic epilogue, those are Connecticut plates! Eden is here!