Photo“Wonder Wheel,” Woody Allen’s latest movie, is one of his more unfortunate contributions to cinema. “Wonder Wheel” returns Mr. Allen to Coney Island, the childhood home of his alter ego Alvy Singer, the narrator of “Annie Hall” who claims to have grown up under the amusement park’s roller coaster. In “Wonder Wheel,” the sad wife, Ginny (Kate Winslet), lives in an apartment that looks directly onto the park’s looming Ferris wheel. “Wonder Wheel” more or less becomes Ginny’s story, but she doesn’t get to own it. Much like its gaudy title attraction, “Wonder Wheel” keeps on turning, even while going nowhere.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2017 14:35 UTC