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- 2017
- PG
- Amazon Studios
- 1 h 56 m
- 2017
- PG
- Amazon Studios
- 1 h 56 m
Summary Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children...
Directed By: Todd Haynes
Written By: Brian Selznick
- 2017
- PG
- Amazon Studios
- 1 h 56 m
- 2017
- PG
- Amazon Studios
- 1 h 56 m
Wonderstruck
71
6.3
Where to Watch
Summary Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children...
Directed By: Todd Haynes
Written By: Brian Selznick
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
71
80% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
18% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
71
80% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
18% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Wonderstruck embraces so many shimmery, evanescent ideas, it’s a marvel that any one picture—let alone one you can take your kids to—can hold them.
The performances, including a sweetly sincere and easygoing turn from the deaf actress Simmonds, become the audience’s way into Wonderstruck.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 User Ratings
6.3
62% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
26% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
13% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 User Ratings
6.3
62% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
26% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
13% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
You know I’m trying to think of adjectives to describe Wonderstruck that are not “wonderful” but it’s automatically what comes to mind via the title. I think the best word to describe this movie is the other W word of “whimsical.” It’s an absolutely gorgeous in the whimsical way it depicts reality. There are two stories going on at the same time. It has soared into three of my top favorite movies of 2017 and I’ve already made plans to view it **** first story is about a 10ish year old boy in the 70’s who has just gone deaf. He sets off away from his family to begin his journey, I forget when you learn what the journey is, so I don’t want to say in case it is a spoiler. It is told in with sound, an array of colors, and captions. The other story is told in black and white with no subtitles or audio. This is the story of a deaf girl in 1927 who heads to NYC because she is inspired by a photo of a film star. I think they are clipped together seamlessly. The orchestral pieces were beautiful to hear but also added so much emotion in a way I haven’t ever been so captivated by the music in a movie. It is complemented with music from the 70’s to further demonstrate the period. I th nk if Amazon wants to do an Oscar campaign, it can get the nomination but I don’t know if it would win because big budget movies like to go after these kind of awards. I really hope it gets the nomination because if it were up to me, it’d win. I have more to say but I’m worried they’d qualify as spoilers, so I beg of you, please watch this movie as you won’t regret it!
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Haynes’s vision of two New Yorks, a half-century apart, is a marvel of nested detail, never overbearing, and interested in things rusted and forgotten rather than shiny and new.
A film of extraordinary details that adds up to less than the sum of its parts. But, oh, it gives a lovely light.
Wonderstruck is an evocative movie with a vaguely disappointing narrative that, although it reaches a conclusion, doesn’t justify the patience viewers must exhibit to reach that point
In its quieter moments, Wonderstruck occasionally approaches the transcendent, sublime quality Haynes is aiming for—but those times are frustratingly few and far between.
Wonderstruck should not be confused for a brilliant but challenging film. Rather, it’s narratively deprived and with entire sections that are completely charmless.
Absolutely gorgeous film in every way. The first half does an amazing job conveying what it must feel like to live in this world without hearing. By the second half I was so taken by the characters and how the story all intertwined that I must say I was "wonderstruck". This movie was extremely moving and emotional for me and demonstrated some of the most important things that make this life so unique and special. Sad, but the average moviegoer will probably not be willing to sit through especially the first half of this ****, they are missing out on something very unique and special and beautiful.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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While visually compelling and emotionally driven at times, Wonderstruck fails to send a clear central message that the transformation of deaf culture is important to the American society. The "wonder" in the title also does not seem to live up to its ultimate ending, offering viewers rather mixed and confused feelings.
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When one watches a film with the word "Wonder" in the title, one expects it to evoke feelings in line with that term. However, this drawn-out, snoozy mess never lives up to its billing, leaving viewers constantly hankering for the story to "get on with it already." A true waste of talent, cinematic resources and viewers' time.
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Production Company
Amazon Studios,
Cinetic Media,
FilmNation Entertainment,
Killer Films,
Picrow
Release Date Oct 20, 2017
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating PG
Tagline It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Awards
Hawaii Film Critics Society
• 5 Nominations
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 3 Nominations
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
• 3 Nominations
