Life always has its ups and downs, and destiny has its own ideas

Melyna 2022-03-27 09:01:21

7 points. Very dark plot, too real. An old woman who pursues romantic love, a scumbag writer who plays with women's hearts, an innocent girl with high eyes and a low hand, and a reckless man who cannot be spoiled by his wife and daughter. I thought that Americans live freely and love freely, but I didn't expect that Americans in the 1950s would be as obsessive and selfish as the introverted Asians.

The four people living in the seaside playground are like the Ferris wheel of the playground. They meet and know each other at the low point, selfish and restless at the peak, and finally return to the original point.

The son's mental illness could not be cured, and the daughter, who had returned for a short time, was taken back to her original place, seeking true love and wrongly paying the truth. Life always has its ups and downs, and destiny has its own ideas.

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  • Aisha 2022-03-24 09:03:45

    2/5 what a waste of time (and money), NYFF55 - Main Slate at Alice Tully Theater

  • Richie 2022-03-10 08:01:27

    The old-fashioned plot, just want to say: whether a woman is 20 years old or 40 years old, she is always counting on love to rescue her sinking life. In love, they're shrewd and stupid, shrewd enough to be stupid, and especially stupid when they're showy—but I'm getting really sick of this cliché.

Wonder Wheel quotes

  • Mickey: Nothing you could tell me could put the slightest shadow on this evening.

    Ginny: I'm not 35. I'm 38. I'm 39.

    Mickey: Well, that's a very hot age for a woman. I'm a very lucky guy.

  • Mickey: Jesus, what a sheltered life I've led. I have book knowledge but you've really tasted life.

    Carolina: You've been round the world.

    Mickey: Yeah, but you've been around the block. You think you'll always be looking over your shoulder?

    Carolina: Everybody dies, you can't walk around thinking about it.

    Mickey: You're talking to a lifeguard.