Wonder Wheel

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Leia G Mar 2, 2019 Never see a Movie in others eyes. See it you will change your mind for sure..its worth watching and your time.

Anakin M Jan 28, 2019 Yes, some of the dialogue was stilted. But I became involved in this film enough to want to write a different ending. It's hard to say what that might be without being a spoiler. I wanted to see ambivalence. I wanted to see the situation played out. Show us! I was dying for something unpredictable and dramatic. The film spent all this time setting up the climax that never comes. Is it cliché to expect characters to change? Are we too cool for that? My writing group would have had a lot of fun with this. What if... SPOILER ALERT ...we didn't know what was going to happen? What if Ginny had run to the restaurant? What if the mobsters were at another table? Would Ginny confront her lover? Come clean to her step-daughter? Walk out? What if Mickey was confronted with a do or die choice? This was his movie after all. Who dies? Who lives? Somebody is not making it out of that restaurant alive. Who helps whom escape out the back window? Who secretly has a gun? Personally, I don't care if Woody is trying to work out his guilt/anger/frustration or whatever for falling in love with his wife's daughter and the aftermath. Actually work it out! Here's your chance. Rip off the bandage! He set up such a great theatrical scene. Grinding to a predictable and pathetic conclusion robs us from the satisfaction of seeing their lives caroming off each other and these events. Coulda been a contender. See more

Poe S Nov 25, 2018 So wanted to like this movie, but it was just dark. Woodman, I count on you for deep insight, laughs and epiphanies. Depression I can get on my own. That said, I did like the actors a lot. JB - who knew? He was great as Humpty - ps. nice name. Females were beautiful and a joy to watch. JT did a pretty nice job. Good direction, just didn't dig Ginny. Needed to like her - a little to make her work. My work here is done. See more

George W Oct 24, 2018 Boring and just awful film! Over acting gets on your nerves

Hermione P Oct 19, 2018 Oh Woody, Woody, Woody! Give it up! RETIRE already! I just tried to watch Woody Allen's film from last year, WONDER WHEEL and boy oh boy does it stink...and by stink , I mean like a large pile of rotting fish. He, as usual, has assembled a very fine cast: Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Jim Belushi and Juno Temple. These talented actors work so hard to make this tired and horrifically written film, work. WONDER WHEEL contains some of the worst film dialogue I've heard in a LONG, LONG time. The poor actors try desperately to breathe life in this bad retread of a plot but it's been done to death. They desperately struggle to make the stilted dialogue sound natural but the are fighting a loosing battle. Woody, you haven't made a good film since Blue Jasmine and, unfortunately before Blue Jasmine you gave us several other real stinkers (and I'm being kind.) How can such putrid sophomoric crap come form the man who gave us ANNIE HALL, STARDUST MEMORIES, ZELIG, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY and BLUE JASMINE? The real shame is that WONDER WHEEL looks GORGEOUS! The amazing Italian Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro's Ravishing cinematography is completely wasted on this piece of spoiled tripe! I'll say it again.....Woody Allen PLEASE, PLEASE RETIRE! See more

Sep 24, 2018 I thought it was great. It was an obvious expansion on Blue Jasmine, although applied to the less ritzy element in society, people struggling not only to "get by" but also make their lives meaningful. I thought the performances were fantastic, and the dialogue, although in spots seemingly too expository, worked within the context of this story all about desperate people. See more

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