Wonder wheel at the age of 82, woody allen is still showing no signs of slowing down. Wonder wheel 2017, drama released in english language in theatre near you in. Wonder wheels careful compositions, saturated in shifting primary hues, really are lovely. Wonder wheel woody allen has become very nearly without argument the most prolific filmmaker of the last half century.
Wonder wheel is one of woody allens sourest, stagiest. Wonder wheel official trailer amazon studios youtube. As usual, box office mojo is the best industry source. Most prominent is the song that serves as the theme of the film coney island washboard by the mills brothers. His new film, wonder wheel, rummages in the more recent archives, repackaging elements of one of the prolific writerdirectors most acclaimed lateperiod works, blue jasmine. Wonder wheel trailer wonder wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the coney island amusement park in the 1950s.
Wonder wheel is the annual film submission by writerdirector woody allen and stars kate winslet, juno temple, jim belushi and justin timberlake. I think his best films overall are crimes and misdemeanors, hannah and her sisters, and interiors. Voxs guide to the years most essential films, from the toronto international film festival to the academy. Wonder wheel does not, though, which makes its december release as the first film selfdistributed by amazon studios suspect, for its not really an awards play but also not likely to be a commercial force, as only a few of the directors brightest movies have been wonder wheel seems to boast the most visual effects of any allen film to date, as he. Wonder wheel announces its artificiality immediately, allowing mickeyan aspiring wordsmith who wants to write great, tragic plays where the protagonist gets. It will be released in theaters on december 1, 2017.
Movie clip i got myself into a bad situation wonder wheel. On coney island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middleaged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife, and the visitor who turns their lives upsidedown. Wonder wheel gathers a charming cast in an inviting period setting, but they arent enough to consistently breathe life into a woody allen project that. The wheel is located on a plot bounded by west 12th street to the west, bowery street to the north, luna park to the east, and the riegelmann boardwalk to the south. Wonder wheel is not a total loss, being marginally better than his recent films irrational man 2014 and magic in the moonlight 2015, though a bit more joyless than cafe society 2016. The disinclination to give a particular year is indicative of an overall slackness, we soon see. Cinematographer vittorio storaro lovingly lights actors faces with stainedglasswindow colors. Narrated by justin timberlake, in the persona of coney island lifeguard and aspiring. In woody allens wonder wheel, kate winslet plays oyster bar waitress ginny, a shattered woman and the starlet who never was, a dreamer. Ginny kate winslet, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house. Hair dyed to the scarlet side of strawberry blonde, winslets ginny basks in the mercurycolored neon glow of the coney island attractions. Woody allens wonder wheel, a romantic comedydrama starring kate winslet as an adulterous woman in 1950s coney island, is the directors best film in years. Wonder wheel will premiere at the new york film festival as the festivals closing night film on october 14, 2017.
Wonder wheel screened at the new york film festival and will be released in the us on. The film gets bored of rendering ginny sympathetically, and thrusts her desperation. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The amusement park of the island does not amuse its guests much. Kate winslets bored housewife drama shows woody allen is stuck in the past 2. Retrouvez les 247 critiques et avis pour le film wonder wheel, realise par woody allen avec kate winslet, james belushi, justin timberlake. Filled with images of a ferris wheel and a merrygoround, wonder wheel leaves us with the jangly notion that people simply go around the same old circuit themselves. Wonder wheel, woody allens coney islandset circa 1950s tragedy premiering at the 55 th new york film festival tonight, is so gorgeous in. His tale, he tells us, takes place in coney island in the 1950s.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Year after year, the legendary director keeps on coming up with the good and remains unperturbed. Juno temple in wonder wheel amazon this story is part of a group of stories called. Wonder wheel is not woody allens best film, it is a bit underdeveloped and has a major casting flaw, but it is his best film in many years. Woody allen takes streetcar again, to diminished effect kate winslet gets to fill in for blanche dubois this time, but allens 1950s drama is.
With his deeply disappointing new film, wonder wheel, you wonder how long the script might have been sitting in clifford odets back drawer. Ginny sabotages her better impulses, humpty uses liquor to cushion his emotional crashes. Wonder wheel opens with narration from mickey, a coney island lifeguard played by justin timberlake. Even kate winslets ferocious performance cant save woody allens latest film originally published december 6, 2017 at 8. Wonder wheel, woody allens latest movie, is one of his more unfortunate contributions to cinema. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled.
The story of the film is built around the lives of four individuals which, in an optimistic world couldve turned in a positive way, as everyone would assume. Framed intentionally like a stilted stage playsomething that would come from the mind of mickeywonder wheel has its moments of levity and characteristic allenesque wit. Justin timberlake in woody allens wonder wheel nyff 2017 closing night film. Songs on the wonder wheel soundtrack the mills brothers. Welcome wonder wheel customersregister below to access your pose chart first name. Justin timberlake, kate winslet and juno temple star in this woody allen period drama set in 1950s new york city. Like winslets character, allen is stuck in the past and wonder wheel is a crushing reminder of his present. Normally this would be an amazing start, but this week it wont make an impact and it could fade away by the end of the year. Advertisement autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Kate winslet has rarely been better in a part that lets her talent unfurl and bloom in new ways, and jim belushi is great as her. On the bright side, the new woody allen film wonder wheel has the finest cinematography, in the form of vittorio storaros gorgeously lurid display of kate winslet as a woman on fire. Wonder wheel, named for the most famous attraction at the films coney island location, is full of people haunted by their histories. Although ginny is no longer a professional actress, her flair for. Theyre all part of the drama thats framed by mickey, the.
Movie clip he wasnt even good looking wonder wheel. Were in 1950s coney island, a summery pleasure land of amusements. The film is called wonder wheel and, like much of allens work, it feels very nostalgic. But eventually any wit or hope or affection goes up in. Set in the early 1950s at an amusement park on coney island, the film takes its title from the parks ferris wheel. Oddly enough, there is no soundtrack for wonder wheel, the new film written and directed by woody allen. These talents make it easy to relax into this film, but we drift out of it just as easily. The film takes place in circa 1950 in brooklyns famed coney island section amidst the backdrop of the infamous wheel invented by mr. A carousel operator and his wife receive a visit from their estranged daughter in 1950s new york.
Mickey justin timberlake is a wannabe playwright who becomes involved with a carousel operator jim belushi, his former actress wife kate winslet. The wonder wheel is a 150foottall 46 m eccentric ferris wheel located at denos wonder wheel amusement park in coney island in new york city. April 10 april 19 open 12 noon except sunday, april 12. Wonder wheel screened at the new york film festival and will be released in. Wonder wheel, the writerdirectors uneven latest, splits the difference. As with other eccentric ferris wheels, some of the wonder. Wonder wheel, the latest film written and directed by woody allen, is out now in select theatres. Wonder wheel is the reheated leftovers of better films, elevated by some truly extraordinary camera work by a legendary cinematographer.
In woody allens wonder wheel take place in a magical location coney island in 1950s. Wonder wheel is a 2017 american period drama film written and directed by woody allen and starring jim belushi, kate winslet, juno temple, and justin timberlake. Woody allen goes dark with wonder wheel, a movie far more bleak and more adult than its pg rating would suggest. Wonder wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the coney island amusement park. Woody allens 1950sset wonder wheel is not a great movie, but youll have to admit it does try to warn you. It was released in 1932, an early hit for the african american harmony group. In code, wonder wheel sneaks around the edges of the writerdirectors offscreen life, namely the allegations by dylan farrow, allens adopted daughter, of sexual molestation and allen. The story follows the second wife and the estranged daughter of a carousel operator as they both pursue.
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