chalamet plays the improbably—named gatsby wells, a student from yardley college who accompanies hisriend, ashleigh, played by elle fanning, on a weekend trip to his home city of new york. you said you were going to call me 30 minutes ago. ashleigh is there to interview a famous film director, while gatsby, who has no desire to meet up with his super—rich family, is looking forward to showing ashleigh the sites. but when the two get separated, by a series of toe—curling plot contrivances, each are left to follow their own path through an increasingly farcical string of misadventures. shot in 2017 and completed in early 2018, a rainy day in new york was first financed and then dropped by amazon against a backdrop of negative press stories about what allenn has called a 25—year—old baseless allegations of sexual abuse. nevertheless, several key cast members have since expressed regret about appearing in the film, and donated their salaries to charity. whatever your opinion of this debacle, one thing is clear, a rainy day in new york is not very good. in fact, it's very bad. shoddily wr