TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Myron Clemons
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Sarita Rafferty
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
raphael3
Let's make one thing clear: you can't know what you're talking about for sure when reviewing this film unless you read Ethel White's Book "The Wheel Spins" first and then watch the Hitchcock and then the 2013 adaptation. You'll see that Hitch wrenched the book out of its frame, turning it into frothy comedy when it's really a nightmarish psychological thriller. I understand producers using his title since it's so famous, but that sets up a comparison that shouldn't be made until you compare each version to the novel. I find the Hitchcock movie risible, a Marx Brothers spy farce that uses names and some bits of plot from the novel but churns it into something profoundly unappetizing. The 2013 "version" is, however, delectable, setting the stage for Iris Carr's plunge into nightmare, prefigured by her fall and isolation in the hills. She's rude and rebarbative at the hotel and regrets that when she needs people's help. It all works beautifully and deftly. I'd see it again, but as the saying goes, you could not pay me to watch Hitchcock's farrago another time.
CineNutty
The title character is a brat and most unsympathetic. So when "stuff" starts happening to her you wondering if it her personality, her drinking to excess, a possible concussion from and earlier fall, potential insanity, whatever. You simply don't know.Production values are very high. They went to a lot of trouble to produce a "Poirot-like" world for this very independent strong minded woman. Tuppence Middleton does "yeoman's work" in developing the central character. The plot device reminds me very much of the recent film "Flightplan" with Jodie Foster who loses track of her daughter on a overseas flight and NO ONE believes her when she tells the truth.It, of course, is maddening because we are put into the position of the title character and her traveling companions. The British are number one at mysteries, and this is well worth the time to watch a guess about what is going on. Enjoy (on the edge of your seat).
raphael1836
Hitchcock's movie is wildly over-rated and people are far too snowed by the mumbling, bumbling cricket fans, Michael Redgrave's charm and Lockwood's beauty-in-distress.The new version may not be perfect but it is most definitely not a remake of the 1938 movies, it's an adaptation of the book and far closer to the novel The Wheel Spins. Does it wrap up too quickly? Well, so does the book, unfortunately.Hitchcock added way too much farce and a silly gun battle that veer so far from the nature of the novel as to be almost unbelievable.Despite the ending, I recommend The Wheel Spins unreservedly. Its a dark psychological study of a mind almost sinking into madness. The author does a wonderful job of writing about a socialite who is drawn into a mystery way beyond any trouble she's ever had to deal with, one that makes her for the first time in her life feel alone and helpless.
clynn05
Falls far short of the original. This was such a disappointment to watch after I had really looked forward to it. The previews made it look worth watching but I really felt it was a waste of my time. I didn't like the characters. I didn't like the way the relationship was developed or portrayed between Iris and... I didn't even catch his name... that's how poorly it was done... Just didn't like much about the show at all. About the only character I did like was Miss Froy. The plot was over-dramatized and difficult to follow. And I don't know why this review has to be 10 lines long. It is really irritating. There just isn't that much to say, and who is going to want to read a long review anyway. I try not to say so much as to give away the story, the plot, or the ending. That would only ruin it for others who wanted to watch.
