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The Wonder

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The Irish Midlands, 1862 -- a young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year old Anna O'Donnell. Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months. Is the village harboring a saint 'surviving on manna from heaven' or are there more ominous motives at work? A psychological thriller inspired by the 19th century phenomenon of the "fasting girls" and adapted from the acclaimed novel by Emma Donoghue (Room).
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The atmosphere's absorbing and the story is fascinating, but The Wonder of this period drama really lies in Florence Pugh's remarkable performance.

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Although the movie is slow and contains some questionable storytelling choices, Florence Pugh makes it hard to look away from The Wonder.

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Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic The blessing of The Wonder is how it acknowledges the things we most want to believe and still proposes, in the end, that human acts and faith in others can be the most miraculous things of all. Dec 1, 2022 Full Review Pippa Bailey New Statesman The Wonder is entirely fresh -- and equally brilliant. Nov 23, 2022 Full Review Dwight Brown DwightBrownInk.com A compelling drama shorn down to its essentials, both visually and emotionally. Nov 22, 2022 Full Review Francesca Steele iNews.co.uk This adaptation of Emma Donoghue's 2016 novel centres on Pugh's reliably great performance, though its big reveal does fail to wow. Rated: 4/5 Dec 11, 2024 Full Review Calum Cooper In Their Own League It is a heavy film with tough questions, yet Florence Pugh is up for the challenge as always. Rated: 4/5 Jul 15, 2024 Full Review Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle A film that fully leans into what makes it work. Jul 14, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tucker H Interesting way of describing where the necessity of faith and believing in an afterlife due to death such as the Irish famine clash with reason and other life concepts. Deep conflict between releasing someone of a trauma through death in times of not believing in a second choice finely depicted. Cineasticly and Performance of the actors impressive, confronting the viewers through breaking the fourth wall to enable an own reflection interesting and the end relieving. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/27/24 Full Review Matthew S Florence Pugh made this film special. The stroy was very interesting and kept you wondering. Film felt like it could be shorter. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Alec B I'm not convinced that the fourth wall breaking works at all but it's a small part of the movie which is mostly effective at selling its conflict between faith and reason. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review elana k The run time feels longer than it really is (the somber mood was a bit sleep inducing), but even when I drifted off and missed a few moments here and there, Florence Pugh was still there, keeping it all together until the end. Nothing about the narrative feels familiar even if the themes may be. But I must add: completely unnecessary meta- references to the film in the opening and closing scenes- it really does nothing, in fact it took away from immersive like quality of the film, but that seems to be the style these days. The thought-provoking ending was satisfying enough for it to warrant such a high score from me. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/24 Full Review Karine F I read the book and was excited to see the movie to fill in some missing details, but the movie not only is way different from the original book, it's also terrible. The book doesn't have this dark narrative. Also, Anna is the sweetest girl, and the relationship between William and Lib is more complex than depicted in the movie. The story moves so fast that we don't get the chance to know Lib or Anna properly. Many invented scenes, such as William supposedly having lived in the village, Lib forbidding the parents from seeing the girl (when, in fact, it was Anna who wanted her space from her mother), and the force-feeding (in the book, Lib explains why she wouldn't do it), felt unnecessary. And what's up with those bizarre scenes of Lib almost having orgasms while drinking her own blood? That was totally fabricated. They changed so many facts and the characters themselves… I understand that some adaptations are needed for the screen, but they made it so terrible that I'm glad I read the book first; otherwise, I would have had a completely wrong idea about the story. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review Marie C Very poor. Strongly recommend to not bother wasting your time watching. Everyone who said otherwise is simply lying to themselves and you. The underwhelming end matched the prolonged film. So many unanswered questions. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The Irish Midlands, 1862 -- a young girl stops eating but remains miraculously alive and well. English nurse Lib Wright is brought to a tiny village to observe eleven-year old Anna O'Donnell. Tourists and pilgrims mass to witness the girl who is said to have survived without food for months. Is the village harboring a saint 'surviving on manna from heaven' or are there more ominous motives at work? A psychological thriller inspired by the 19th century phenomenon of the "fasting girls" and adapted from the acclaimed novel by Emma Donoghue (Room).
Director
Sebastián Lelio
Producer
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Screenwriter
Alice Birch, Sebastián Lelio
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Element Pictures, Screen Ireland, House Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 2, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 16, 2022
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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