Wonder Wheel

Amazon Studios | Release Date: December 1, 2017

6.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 58 Ratings

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GreatMartinDec 15, 2017

Woody Allen has directed about 53 films, averaging one a year for the past 50 years, and about 1 out of 5 are very good or excellent, 30 bearable to watch and the rest are pretty bad, to which he can add “Wonder Wheel”. It is as if he didn’tWoody Allen has directed about 53 films, averaging one a year for the past 50 years, and about 1 out of 5 are very good or excellent, 30 bearable to watch and the rest are pretty bad, to which he can add “Wonder Wheel”. It is as if he didn’t give Justin Timberlake any direction and just told Kate Winslet to be Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”, who was a rip-off of Blanche Dubois in “A Streetcar Named Desire”, and it is the first time I can remember feeling she was just doing a bad acting job or was, at least, in a different movie. Seeing either of them on screen, saying trite sentences, was painful except for some beautiful lit headshots of her. Who sabotages her most is Woody Allen, the writer, with some of the tritest sentences ever uttered on screen with poor imitations of Williams, Eugene O’Neill and others.

Jim Belushi seemed to be a combination of Stanley, without the body but the attitude, and Mitch in “Streetcar”, while Juno Temple starts off as an uninteresting part of the film but develops her character nicely as the film comes towards the finish.

Now if I could only figure out why Jack Gore, as a child from Winslet’s first husband, is a pyromaniac and why he is even in the movie.

Without getting into the whole Woody Allen-Mia Farrow-Dylan Farrow-Soon-Yi Previn aspects which is reflected in today’s news this is definitely one of Allen’s worst pictures as a director and writer and, for the first time, I felt Allen even got the music track wrong, completely annoying.

The stars of “Wonder Wheel” are not Allen but cinematographer Vittoria Storaro and Santo Loquasto the production designer.… Expand

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Brent_MarchantDec 9, 2017

While stunning visually, this latest offering from Woody Allen has to rank among the worst of his films. With leads that are horribly miscast (especially Kate Winslet in a bombastic exercise of overacting), writing that's seriously bloatedWhile stunning visually, this latest offering from Woody Allen has to rank among the worst of his films. With leads that are horribly miscast (especially Kate Winslet in a bombastic exercise of overacting), writing that's seriously bloated and in need of retooling, and characters who are neither likable nor believable, the film tells a tale that in many ways feels like a working class 1950s retread of "Blue Jasmine" with elements of "Cafe Society" thrown in. As much of a fan as I am of the director's work, I whole-heartedly recommend skipping this one -- and hope that he gets back on track with his next project.… Expand

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RTFORDAug 10, 2018

If you make the mistake of viewing this film, pay special attention to Justin Timberlake. It's as if he's been possessed by Woody Allen. Even Timberlake's diction is similar to Allen's. Timberlake is Woody Allen by proxy. All in all, a prettyIf you make the mistake of viewing this film, pay special attention to Justin Timberlake. It's as if he's been possessed by Woody Allen. Even Timberlake's diction is similar to Allen's. Timberlake is Woody Allen by proxy. All in all, a pretty boring flick.… Expand

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