Wheels of Fortune (2020)

In order to claim his inheritance, a born loser travels the country with his childhood friends to prove he can be a winner. Ish.

Director:

Shaun Paul Piccinino

Writer:

John Ducey

Stars:

Matt Jones, Jeff Fahey, Noureen DeWulf

Cast

Credited cast:
Matt Jones	...	Bo Jackson
Jeff Fahey	...	Phineus Davis
Noureen DeWulf	...	Mandy
John Ducey	...	Jason Wilmore
Matty Cardarople	...	Noodle
Christina Moore	...	Chrissy Davis
Ali Afshar	...	Eskandar
Gabriel Tigerman	...	Oswarld Davis
Jessica Serfaty	...	Vanessa
Tyler Jacob Moore	...	Tommy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Manny Avina	...	Young Bo
William W. Barbour	...	Doctor
Jack Chase	...	Mike
Chase Crow	...	Spotter
Tyler Dryden	...	Young Noodle

Storyline

In order to claim his inheritance, a born loser travels the country with his childhood friends to prove he can be a winner. Ish.

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Taglines:

Sometimes winning is the only way to win!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and sexual material throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is a blooper reel at the end

User Reviews

"Redneck Love Triangle"

Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend people that watch this unless they're just into racing and have run out of movies to watch involving racing.

I have such mixed feelings about this movie. I honestly want to like it, having a sweet bundle of reconnection stories at its core, just presented in such an awful manner. I'm not saying that the "southern, poor, redneck" angle was a bad choice, but it could have been done in a more positive light. Having it be an idiot-redneck comedy was more painful than funny when it came down to it.

The cast was actually pretty well selected, everyone hitting their marks, but I'm still not over Noureen DeWulf not being Jasmine, and to she her and the rest of the cast in such narrow roles, odd roles just felt very forced. Enough so that the movie brings it to your attention as part of the intended humor, but it is more distracting: making me think more about the movie when I was actually trying to turn my brain off and enough the movie.

The story, the cast, the production, the general comedy are all fine, but for whatever reason, most of it just doesn't land.

Details

Official Sites:

launch of FORREST FILMS netflix link

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wheels of Fortune

Filming Locations:

Petaluma, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Forrest Films, ESX Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Color:

Color