WONDER WHEEL:
101 minutes
Friday, January 19 – 7 pm,
Saturday, January 20 – 4 & 8 pm,
Sunday, January 21 – 4 & 8 pm,
Wednesday, January 24 – 7 pm,
and Thursday, January 25 – 7 pm.
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: Ginny (Kate Winslet), an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.
Insider’s tip: “It’s not top Woody, perhaps. What is, anymore? But on a cold day, it’s as welcome as the familiar smell of greasy fries, the feel of gritty sand, the winking of those far-off colored lights” (Stephen Whitty, New York Daily News). Owen Gleiberman, Variety, adds: “It’s got movement and flow, it’s got a vibrant sunset look of honky-tonk nostalgia, and it’s got a bittersweet mood of lyrical despair that the film stays true to right up until the final note. It’s also strikingly acted.”
WONDER WHEEL has 2 wins and 4 nominations for excellence.