Review by Bob Ignizio
Although an Academy Award winner for
his A BEAUTIFUL MIND
screenplay, Akiva Goldsman has mainly written and produced mediocre
to downright awful films more likely to win Razzies than Oscar's. Now
he proves himself a true triple threat by not only writing and
producing WINTER'S TALE,
but directing it as well.
WINTER'S TALE
takes place in some sort of slightly skewed fantasy version New York
City, both in the 1900s and the present. An unseen female narrator
informs us with much gravity that we're all connected, everyone has a
miracle inside them, and friendship is magic. Okay, that last one is
'My Little Pony', but it's on a par with the rest of the metaphysical
philosophy spouted by the film.
