The story of an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodying the title character under prosthetic make up, actor Stephen Dorff successfully infiltrates Music City and takes his character on an authentic singer / songwriter journey. With the help of key allies on the ground, "Wheeler" converses with real people in real locations, with every musical number performed live. The line between reality and fiction blurs as Wheeler chases his dream in this touching tribute to old school country legends.
Wheeler has generally received mixed reviews.
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Wheeler was released in 2017 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 9 reviews, giving Wheeler (2017) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 67%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 57%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Wheeler than critics were.
With a score of 59%, Wheeler is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2017, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2017 with similar scores include films like Ghost in the Shell, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and A Cure for Wellness.
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