You Should Have Left

You Should Have Left

Blumhouse Productions

June 18, 2020

Drama

DVD
D+

Good advice.  Director David Koepp adapted Daniel Kehlmann's novel, six years after Secret Window, which I also bumped up to a D+ for scenery.

You Can Count on Me

You Can Count on Me

Paramount etc.

January 21, 2000

Drama

DVD
C-

Too downbeat for me, but the scenery was pretty.  Kenneth Lonergan wrote and directed, sixteen years before Manchester by the Sea, which had pretty snow.

The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

The Yellow Handkerchief (2008)

Samuel Goldwyn Films

January 18, 2008

Drama

DVD
D+

The ferry was more interesting than the characters.  Udayan Prasad directed.

The Year of the Dog (2022)

The Year of the Dog (2022)

The Year of the Dog [Productions I assume]

September 30, 2022

Drama

DVD
D+

The best part was the Native American AA sponsor, talking about the Braves. Rob Grabow co-directed with Andrew McGinn and Michael Peterson, but wrote alone.

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

Disney etc.

March 9, 2018

Children's, Drama (tuned out before anything magical)

DVD

C-

This modern-day adaptation of the award-winning 1960s Madeleine L'Engle's novel felt off, from the search engine to the lack of glasses.  Ava DuVernay directed, after Middle of Nowhere and Selma.

Wrecked

Wrecked

Independent Edge Films

4 December 2010

Drama?

DVD
F+

Almost unwatchable, but at least there was a snippet of Tiny Tim on the radio.  Michael Greenspan directed.

World Trade Center

World Trade Center

Double Feature Films etc.

August 9, 2006

Drama?

DVD
C

The story, obviously based on then five-year-old events, was interesting, but I didn't care about the characters and would've rather have followed around other New Yorkers on that fateful morning.  And, yes, I'm rejecting another movie starring Nicolas Cage and/or directed by Oliver Stone.

Wonderland (1999)

Wonderland (1999)

Revolution Films etc.

14 May 1999

Drama

DVD
C-

I couldn't tell how the threads connected, other than that the some of the characters are related.  Michael Winterbottom directed, a couple decades before The Wedding Guest and The Trip to Greece.

Wonderful Town (2007)

Wonderful Town (2007)

Pop Pictures etc.

8 October 2007
Drama

DVD
C-

The first quarter hour is slow-moving but innocuous.  Aditya Assarat wrote and directed.

Woman is the Future of Man

Woman is the Future of Man

CJ Entertainment etc.

14 May 2004

Drama

DVD
C-

This has an increasingly creepy subtext.  Hong Sang-soo wrote and directed.

Winter Light AKA Nattvardsgästerna

Winter Light AKA Nattvardsgästerna

AB Svensk Filmindustri

11 February 1963

Drama

DVD
D+

The Bergman version of a boring sermon wasn't as boring as I expected.

Wild Strawberries AKA Smultronstället

Wild Strawberries AKA Smultronstället

AB Svensk Filmindustri

26 December 1957

Drama

DVD
D+

Yeah, I'm probably never going to like an Ingmar Bergman movie.

Wild Rose

Wild Rose

Creative Scotland

15 October 2018

Drama

DVD
C-

Unappealing protagonist in a somewhat interesting story.  Tom Harper directed.

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.

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.

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 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.

Where Hope Grows

Where Hope Grows

Godspeed Pictures etc.

April 6, 2014

Drama

DVD
D+

Not as heavy-handed as it could've been.  Chris Dowling wrote and directed.

Where God Left His Shoes

Where God Left His Shoes

Vulcan Productions

April 27, 2007

Drama

DVD
C-

Pretty good acting but the story is too downbeat for me.  Salvatore Stabile wrote and directed.