Wonder wheel announces its artificiality immediately, allowing mickeyan aspiring wordsmith who wants to write great, tragic plays where the protagonist gets crushed by some fatal weakness. 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. 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. The films glowing, golden cinematography suggests a far warmer story than it in fact delivers, but winslets stunning turn is worth a. The film tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the coney island amusement park in the 1950s. Dec 07, 2017 woody allens 1950sset wonder wheel is not a great movie, but youll have to admit it does try to warn you. Mar 08, 2018 woody allen has never looked so beautiful. Set in the early 1950s at an amusement park on coney island, the film takes its title from the parks ferris wheel. As with other eccentric ferris wheels, some of the wonder wheels passenger cabins. Like winslets character, allen is stuck in the past and wonder wheel is a crushing reminder of his present. 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.
Woody allens new drama, wonder wheel, is a mob story set in a 1950s amusement park starring kate winslet, jim belushi, justin timberlake and. The scenes are lit and shot really well and the acting is solid, but the story is enough of a downer that i dont know if ill be revisiting it again soon. Denos wonder wheel park has appeared in movies, tv shows, commercials, music videos, and magazine ads, including. Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house. Wonder wheel emphasizes standard allenisms like guilt, fate, jealousy and betrayal, giving his detractors ammunition to say hes just making the same movie again and again. Dec 01, 2017 woody allen goes dark with wonder wheel, a movie far more bleak and more adult than its pg rating would suggest. On coney island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middleaged. The movie stars kate winslet, jim belushi, juno temple and justin timberlake. Woody allens 1950sset wonder wheel is not a great movie, but youll have to admit it does try to warn you.
Wonder wheel stories of actors challenges are a trope, whether its tales about the physical demands of a tough shoot, or the responsibility of playing a reallife figure. The films glowing, golden cinematography suggests a far warmer story than it in fact delivers, but winslets stunning turn is worth a look if. There is simultaneously a beautiful movie and a good play hidden somewhere in woody allens new melodrama, wonder wheel, a slight and clunky period piece that offers teasing glimpses of. Wonder wheel is a mess in which the pastiches of tennessee williams and cinemascope melodramas of the 1950s are meant to ignite like. In 1950, four people met under the famous ferris wheel built in the 1920s. Wonder wheel stars an iffy kate winslet as a disappointed woman seeking reinvention film title. Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright. Humpty jim belushi, ginnys roughhewn carousel operator husband. I find that very difficult, but, luckily on woody allen films, theres no time to. Is this a masterpiece in the canon of woody allen films. The story follows the second wife and the estranged daughter of a carousel operator as they both pursue affairs with a lifeguard. Wonder wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the coney island amusement park in. Ginny, former actress emotionally unstable that now works as a waitress in a restaurant, her husband humpty, merrygoround operator, mickey, a young lifeguard that wants to become a comedy writer, and carolina, humptys daughter that he hasnt seen in a long time. Thats also a good description of the plot of allens wonder wheel, which played the new york film festival last month and arrives in theaters.
Wonder wheel, woody allens latest movie, is one of his more unfortunate contributions to cinema. Wonder wheel official trailer amazon studios youtube. Actress kate winslet was quoted in the entertainment weekly and it is summarizing the story which is indicating that, the film revolves around the character called. Director stephen chbosky has managed to take a story that could have. Oct 15, 2017 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.
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. The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the coney island amusement park in the 1950s. The movies 1950s setting might give one hope that allens interested in nostalgically exploring his own childhood, as he did so appealingly in 1987s radio. The play of orangered light on its star kate winslet. 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. Although i havent seen a great movie from him in a while, aside from maybe.
Starring kate winslet, juno temple, justin timberlake, jim belushi, max casella, jack gore, and david krumholtz. It tells the story of a desperately, unhappily married woman whose affair with a local. The disinclination to give a particular year is indicative of an overall slackness, we soon see. Wonder wheel is one of woody allens sourest, stagiest. Kate winslet was profoundly irritated by her wonder. Palacio novel of the same name, wonder follows a year in the life of august pullman jacob tremblay, auggie, for short. Hes not changing his story, but even its most careful presentationand, to the extent it is possible to separate form from content, wonder wheel is a beautiful movie, elegantly designed and. Ginny kate winslet, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house. Wonder wheel is a mess in which the pastiches of tennessee williams and cinemascope. Framed intentionally like a stilted stage playsomething that would come from the mind of mickey wonder wheel has its moments of levity and characteristic allenesque wit.
On coney island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middleaged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife. Dec 06, 2017 the movies 1950s setting might give one hope that allens interested in nostalgically exploring his own childhood, as he did so appealingly in 1987s radio days. In woody allens wonder wheel, kate winslet plays oyster bar waitress ginny, a shattered woman and the starlet who never was, a dreamer who insists shes only playing the. Wonder wheel story, wonder wheel hollywood movie story, plot. On coney island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middleaged carousel operator.
But eventually any wit or hope or affection goes up in. Nov 30, 2017 wonder wheel stories of actors challenges are a trope, whether its tales about the physical demands of a tough shoot, or the responsibility of playing a reallife figure. Woody allens wonder wheel, the highly anticipated closingnight presentation of the 55th new york film festival, opens with justin timberlake as a 1950s coney island lifeguard named mickey. Wonder wheel movie cast, crew and story story of the film actress kate winslet was quoted in the entertainment weekly and it is summarizing the story which is indicating that, the film revolves around the character called ginny, who is the wife of a carousel operator, and he perks up when she falls for a handsome lifeguard. Theyre all part of the drama thats framed by mickey, the. Ginny kate winslet, a melancholy, emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house. Set in the 1950s on the coney island boardwalk, wonder wheel tells the story of infidelity and betrayal as the titular ferris wheel towering above its characters suffers from decay and financial. Coney island in the 1950s serves as a backdrop for wonder wheel, a drama about a love triangle among three people with unrealized dreams. Wonder wheel feels like a play that exists inside of a film. The story follows the second wife and the estranged daughter of a. Official wonder wheel movie trailer 2017 subscribe. In any event, the story he tells at first is not his yet.
Hello, everyone today i am going to share some interesting facts on the film called wonder wheel with the cast, crew and the story. Wonder wheel coney island in the 1950s serves as a backdrop for wonder wheel, a drama about a love triangle among three people with unrealized dreams. 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. Movie clip he wasnt even good looking wonder wheel. Wonder wheel is the latest, and probably last, release from the disgraced filmmaker woody allen.
Bizarrely, there is a scene in a movie theatre in which two characters are whispering in the auditoriums darkness and a slant of this golden light. Feb 27, 2018 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. Narrated by justin timberlake, in the persona of coney island lifeguard and aspiring. He was born with a genetic abnormality that has required him to undergo surgeries and medical treatments since his earliest days. A carousel operator and his wife receive a visit from their estranged daughter in 1950s new york. Wonder wheel is the reheated leftovers of better films, elevated by some truly extraordinary camera work by a legendary cinematographer. Nov 30, 2017 wonder wheel, woody allens latest movie, is one of his more unfortunate contributions to cinema. The film, with its gauzy images of coney island beaches vittorio storaros cinematography is gorgeous, takes place sometime during the 1950s.
This feel more like a scorsese than a woody allen movie. Taking place in 1950s coney island, wonder wheel is the story of ginny winslet, a clamhouse waitress unhappily married to the boorish humpty jim belushi, and if youre hoping that. 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 is a 2017 american period drama film written and directed by woody allen and. A lifeguard justin timberlake tells us a story that just might be filtered through his vivid imagination. Wonder wheel opens with narration from mickey, a coney island lifeguard played by justin timberlake. Wonder wheel, woody allens coney island memory palace. Justin timberlake at an event for wonder wheel 2017 juno temple in wonder wheel. Oct, 2017 like winslets character, allen is stuck in the past and wonder wheel is a crushing reminder of his present. Jim belushi joins kate winslet in woody allens new movie. Set in 1950, which doesnt stop one character from catching the 1933 movie flying down to rio at the local bijou, woody allens wonder wheel is narrated by a budding dramatist. 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. His affair with an older woman kate winslet, who is married to a middleaged carousel operator jim belushi, is roiled by the arrival of her stepdaughter juno temple. Wonder wheel story, wonder wheel hollywood movie story.
Movie clip i got myself into a bad situation wonder wheel. Woody allen goes dark with wonder wheel, a movie far more bleak and more adult than its pg rating would suggest. Wonder wheel trailer wonder wheel tells the story of four characters. In a career spanning 50 years and almost as many features, woody allen has periodically refined, reinvented, and redefined the terms of his art, and thats exactly what he does with his daring new film. Wonder wheel screened at the new york film festival and will be released in the us on. Mickey justin wonder wheel tells the story of four characters. I think his best films overall are crimes and misdemeanors, hannah and her sisters, and interiors. Stories of actors challenges are a trope, whether its tales about the physical. The story follows the second wife and the estranged daughter of a carousel. Kate winslet finds her strength for wonder wheel kate winslet plays ginny, who has huge regrets and shes trying to escape all the time, wanting to move on, just being breathless. Actress sets the screen on fire in filmmakers torrid period drama. Set on coney island in the 1950s, woody allens wonder wheel. 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 story wonder wheel is an crime drama movie written and directed by woody allen.
Theyre all part of the drama thats framed by mickey, the lifeguardformer sailorplaywrightleading man who narrates from an admittedly unreliable perspective. Oct 04, 2017 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. Voxs guide to the years most essential films, from the toronto international film festival to the academy. Justin timberlake plays a lifeguard who hopes to be a playwright. Kate winslet was profoundly irritated by her wonder wheel. Mickey justin timberlake, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams. Second film released in 2017 to star jim belushi and tom guiry, along with. Wonder wheel, named for the most famous attraction at the films coney island location, is full of people haunted by their histories. Wonder wheel is one of woody allens sourest, stagiest, and. His 48th film as writerdirector, wonder wheel shows off his most ravishing colour work to date. The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the coney island amusement park in. In the hustle and bustle of 1950s coney island, where the buzzing crowd comes and goes trudging. Wonder wheel tells the story of four characters whose lives. Humpty, ginnys roughhewn carousel operator husband.
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