Why? Wenders ( Paris, Texas ; Wings Of Desire ) used to be one of the hippest and most cosmopolitan filmmakers around, a director of road trips and existential metaphors that twirled out into long passages of poetic observation.
A disheartening case of When Auteurs Go Affected, Every Thing Will Be Fine confirms that Wim Wenders — making his first dramatic feature since 2008's Palermo Shooting — is a filmmaker now light-years removed from his Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire heyday.