this time around with Kate Winslet as the tragic Blanche DuBois stand-in. Her boldly unfettered performance keeps you watching, even if underlying sourness, tonal uncertainty and a key casting misstep diminish the effectiveness
no matter its vibrant palette, "Wonder Wheel" stands out as a dark, brooding dramedy, one tinged with more overarching sadness than any of Allen's late-period offerings. Winslet often remains in the frame as characters abandon her offscreen
Allen is one of our greatest comic artists. But when it comes to drama, he is usually too distant and remote from his characters to make them live for us or to make us care for them