Wild Mountain Thyme

Wild Mountain Thyme

Likely Story etc.

11 December 2020

Romance

DVD
B-

This movie has charm, humor, and lovely scenery, but I'm not sure if the story (adapted by director John Patrick Shanley from his play Outside Mullingar) entirely works.  I wanted to love it but ended up just liking it.  Still, on this project, that's nothing to complain about.

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Disney

May 24, 1991

Historical Drama

DVD
C-

The story, based on Sonora Webster Carver's memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses, is OK but the acting's not very good.  Steve Miner directed, the year before Forever Young.

The Wild

The Wild

Disney

April 14, 2006

Children's, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

DVD
D

Not only unfunny and sometimes pointlessly frantic, but crawling with toxic masculinity (including lack of consent). However, the 3D animation isn't bad.  Steve 'Spaz' Williams directed and co-wrote.

Widow's Point

Widow's Point

Kwakutl Films

August 24, 2019

Horror

DVD
D+

Amateurish (especially the acting), but at least the first quarter hour wasn't that gory.  Director Gregory Lamberson adapted the novel by the father-and-son duo Billy and Richard Chizmar.

Why Did I Get Married?

Why Did I Get Married?

Tyler Perry Studios

October 12, 2007

Dramedy
DVD
D+

Clunky and cliched, but with nice winter scenery.  Tyler Perry wrote, directed, and plays...Terry!

Who's the Caboose?

Who's the Caboose?

Pilot Season Productions

April 10, 1997

Mockumentary

DVD
C-

Not funny but not painfully unfunny.  Sam Seder directed, co-wrote, and plays Max.

Who's That Knocking at My Door?

Who's That Knocking at My Door?

Trimod Films

September 13, 1968

Drama

DVD
D+

I'm not a Scorsese fan (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore aside), but I guess it's interesting that this exists.

The Whole Shebang

The Whole Shebang

Original Voices Inc.

29 August 2001

Comedy*
DVD
C+

This doesn't live up to the potential of its premise or its cast, but it's worth a look.  George Zaloom directed and co-wrote.

*Despite the tagline and that picture, the romance is less important here than the dynamics between and within families.

The Whole Nine Yards

The Whole Nine Yards

Morgan Creek Productions etc.

February 18, 2000

Comedy
DVD
D+

I didn't like or care about any of the characters, but I'm not shocked that there was a sequel.  Jonathan Lynn directed, after Clue and Nuns on the Run.

Who You Think I Am AKA Celle que vous croyez

Who You Think I Am AKA Celle que vous croyez

Diaphana Films

27 February 2019

Drama?

DVD

C-

Binoche seems better than the material, but not enough.  Director Safy Nebbou co-adapted the novel by Camille Laurens.

The White Ribbon AKA Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

The White Ribbon AKA Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

Wega Film

17 September 2009

Historical Drama

DVD
C-

It felt like a slow-moving psychological horror without any actual horror in it.  Michael Haneke wrote and directed, nine years before Code Unknown AKA Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages.

White Nights

White Nights

Delphi IV Productions

December 6, 1985

Musical? Drama?

DVD
D

Ballet and a plane crush, "fun."  Taylor Hackford directed, three years after An Officer and a Gentleman, which was somehow worse.

White Material

White Material

Wild Bunch Distribution

6 September 2009

Drama

DVD
D+

The wildlife was nice.  Claire Denis wrote and directed, and this is at least better than her two later films I rejected, Un Beau Soleil Intérieur AKA Let the Sunshine in and High Life.

White Irish Drinkers

White Irish Drinkers

Screen Media Films

October 1, 2010

Historical Drama

DVD
B-

I liked this movie a lot more than I expected, with that title and its bleak setting of working-class 1975 Brooklyn.  But there is enough warmth, humor, and even hope to carry through the rough patches.  John Gray wrote and directed.

White House Down

White House Down

Columbia etc.

June 28, 2013

Drama

DVD
D+

Laughably clichéd, but at least this Obama-era movie has an African-American fictional president.  Roland Emmerich directed, and this is the fifth of his movies I've rejected.

White Heat

White Heat

Warner Bros.

September 3, 1949

Crime Drama

DVD
C-

Not my thing but I can see it's stylishly made.  Raoul Walsh directed, and this is his sixth movie I've rejected.

White Fang (1991)

White Fang (1991)

Disney

January 18, 1991

Historical Drama

DVD
D+

Boring but, yeah, at least there's scenery.  This is of course based on Jack London, and directed by Randal Kleiser.

The White Crow

The White Crow

BBC Films etc.

31 August 2018

Historical Drama

DVD
D+

I liked the sets and architecture.  This is based on Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanagh.  Ralph Fiennes directed and plays Pushkin.

White Christmas

White Christmas

Paramount

October 14, 1954

Musical

DVD
C-

The music is good but I didn't care about the story, and Crosby and Kaye have no chemistry.  Michael Curtiz directed, and it's on a level with Life with Father.

White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick

Columbia etc.

September 14, 2018

Historical Drama, Crime Drama

DVD

D+

I kind of liked the period details.  Yann Demange directed.