Movie #1865 ........................."Wonder Wheel"

"Wonder Wheel"  --- yikes, this is a bad film by Woody Allen.  Many of you reading this are probably saying, well, of course --- it is Woody Allen.  But that would be not taking into consideration that he has been a leading director in US film industry for decades, directing some of the best films in various genres with many , many top notch actors who used to beg to be in his films, and at least they'd consider it an honor to be asked to work with him.  This film suggests that he needs to quit, because it is that bad.  I had to watch it because I wanted to see what Kate Winslet would do with this part, and she actually seems to be doing a different film from the others --- she is playing it like she's in a Tennessee Williams' film like "Streetcar" or "Glass Mengaerie" or "Rose Tattoo" and steals the film, followed by Juno Temple who seems to be passionately involved.  But Him Belushi and Justin Timberlake do not fit with the film and when they have monologues, I just cringed.  One of JT's lines kind of describes this debacle of a film:  "we seem to be going annoyingly from one drama to the next."  Amen.  Don't need to see it.  I rented it from Netflix (not streamable) and immediately sent it back, so it wouldn't tain any other films that I would next put in my DVD.  2 stars out of 5.  The women were strong, but with very little script --it seems he is still trying to explain why he married his wife when she was raised by his lover Mia Farrow.  Ugh!


"WONDER WHEEL"    2017   1 hour and 41 mins      PG-13

On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife, and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down. (the husband's daughter)

Director:

 Woody Allen

Writer:

 Woody Allen

Stars:

 Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Robert C. Kirk