The Wonder
The Wonder
USA / UK / Ireland,
2022, 108 min
Directed by:
Sebastián LelioCinematography:
Ari WegnerComposer:
Matthew HerbertCast:
Florence Pugh, Elaine Cassidy, Niamh Algar, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, David Wilmot, Tom Burke, Ruth Bradley, Brían F. O'Byrne, Dermot Crowley, Mary Murray (more)VOD (1)
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Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast. (Netflix)
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We spend the whole film wondering why a child dying of hunger doesn’t want to eat. And there is no aspect of mystery. The subject is unexciting and quite banal, but it makes sense dramaturgically in the end, however slight it may be for the viewer. The Wonder is based on a novel that the filmmakers didn’t want to upgrade in the film adaptation. Florence Pugh is good as usual, but she has better opportunities elsewhere.
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