Directed by:
Stephen ChboskyCinematography:
Don BurgessComposer:
Marcelo ZarvosCast:
Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Mandy Patinkin, Daveed Diggs, Ali Liebert, Izabela Vidovic, Emma Tremblay, Danielle Rose Russell, Bryce Gheisar (more)VOD (2)
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Based on one of the New York Times bestseller, Wonder tells the incredibly inspiring and heart-warming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie's extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out. (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
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That's what happens when you have great actors whose names everyone knows, but then you realize that the child actors, who do a great job in the film, are even better. Owen and Julia don't draw unnecessary attention to themselves because they know what the strength of this film is. And that's a good thing, because then it all works beautifully and you're very lucky to be able to watch it.
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Wonder is essentially the prototype of the perfect drama. A good cast and story, and a nice message about family love, cruelty and friendship of young children and what it is to be different. It grabs your heart, it entertains you, it makes you cry and it intrigues you, what more can you ask for. Although actually quite ordinary and nothing outstanding or extravagant, the result can caress the soul.
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When Wonder strives for a kind of subtlety (in about two or three scenes), it is just emotionally touching at 120%. However, it is shamelessly forced in a rarely seen way, for which Hallmark's production would be ashamed. I rolled my eyes, shook my head, couldn´t avoid biting remarks and ... But I really got into in eventually. God.
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It’s the kind of movie where you cry from start to finish, but at the same time, you’re laughing. It milks your emotions but it doesn’t seem forced at all. And I spent a lot of time thinking about it and I think this artlessness is mainly thanks to the parental duo, where Julia Roberts is completely cool as a mom of the wonder boy and you simply have to laugh at Owen Wilson, who drops a joke every time he appears on the screen; there is no other way. 113 minutes go by at a completely natural pace; the author doesn’t explain to you why that particular boy is so extraordinary, but he attempts to show you his fight with the world. And since it’s a child who wants to fit into a children’s world, the world is just a shade worse than that of adults.
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This is definitely a film that kids should watch and whose message they should embrace. But it's not great filmmaking by any means, as we don't really buy into the one-dimensional characters, and the sloppy narrative sometimes feels a little thin in relation to the whole. It's helped a lot by the natural performances and I liked the switch to the main character's fantasy, but otherwise nothing more than routine sentimentality for the whole family with the most expected possible happy ending.
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