Wonder Wheel (2017)

Directed by

Woody Allen

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 1,365 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1950s, a carousel operator's second wife and his estranged daughter each start an affair with the same lifeguard at a Coney Island amusement park. Their overlapping desires lead to emotional conflict and difficult choices.

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What happens

Wonder Wheel is a 2017 American period drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Kate Winslet, Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, and Justin Timberlake. Set in the early 1950s at an amusement park on Coney Island, the film takes its title from the park's Ferris wheel. The story follows the second wife and the estranged daughter of a carousel operator as they both pursue affairs with a lifeguard. The film served as the closing night selection at the 55th New York Film Festival on October 14, 2017, and was released on December 1, 2017, by Amazon Studios. The film received mixed reviews, with criticism for Allen's screenplay, but widespread praise for Winslet's performance and Vittorio Storaro's cinematography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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