Review of Wanda (1990) by Tim S — 09 Nov 2009

This movie proves that just because it's independent doesn't mean it's good didn't just apply to the 90's. This movie is just God Awful. Barbara Loden should have let her husband (Kazan for Christ's sake) take a crack at this.

I put this on the que because it was described as something I would like as a fan of Cassavettes. This movie is nothing like that ANYTHING that Cassavettes ever made and it's sad that people raped his style and then no one called them on it.

I could understand if the main character wasn't such a complete and utter mongoloid (which might have been more interesting) moron who stumbles through the movie and gets into some pretty stereotypical circumstances (oh, yeah, you met a criminal, huh? Not too mention one that was twice your age.

Oh, yeah, you should totally run away with him, but let me warn you that if he keeps robbing banks he's probably going to get caught and have to decide whether he wants to go back to jail or go out in a blaze of glory.

Not to mention the fact that he treats you like shit.) This is the movie that people say they like because Pauline Kael wrote a good review about it back in the seventies.