| 100 |
Los Angeles Times
In short, Wonderland is an extraordinary film, as entertaining as it is observant, about ordinary people.
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| 100 |
Portland Oregonian
Though Michael Winterbottom's Wonderland appears as gritty as they come, it uncommonly has a romantic heart.
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| 100 |
New York Post
Its superb performances, music, photography, dialogue, its rhythms of tone and theme all complement each perfectly.
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| 91 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In Wonderland, Winterbottom has found a script worthy of his passion.
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| 90 |
Film.com
This is a beautiful, surprisingly uplifting movie, made by someone who actually understands people.
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| 88 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
A crushingly sad, beautiful film.
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| 88 |
Chicago Tribune
One of the best realistic dramas of the year.
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| 80 |
Village Voice
There's not a false note among the performances: Henderson, Hart, Shepherd, Markham, and in particular McKee add unspoken complexities to their portrayals.
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| 80 |
Washington Post
While it's no good time at the movies, Wonderland is an excruciatingly authentic experience.
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| 80 |
Dallas Observer
The striking graininess of the film stock, the near-documentary style of the setups, and Michael Nyman's attentive score add up to a relatable and ultimately hopeful experience.
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| 80 |
Washington Post
Grim, yes, and great viewing.
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| 80 |
Film.com
Most important, the film is suffused with a light touch and a kind of begrudged humor that feels perfectly natural and unforced and that keeps you involved in the characters' plight.
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| 75 |
Miami Herald
There's enough here to make anyone who enjoyed -- if that's the right word -- "Happiness" or "Magnolia" splendidly unhappy.
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| 75 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Movies like Wonderland invite me into the screen with them. I am curious. I begin to care.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Loses steam only when it strays from the sisters and attempts to depict their parents' loveless marriage.
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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
The ensemble acting is impressively in tune; and Michael Nyman's surging score adds an extra measure of emotional power.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
Give it a chance and you'll probably share the cast's collective impulse to dive in and embrace it.
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| 75 |
Baltimore Sun
Winterbottom ("Welcome to Sarajevo," "Go Now") has filmed Wonderland with a hand-held 16 millimeter camera, lending the production an air of scrappy immediacy that is often arrestingly at odds with Michael Nyman's overheated musical score.
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| 74 |
Mr. Showbiz
It's another subtle, fantastic performance from McKee ("Notting Hill," "Croupier").
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| 70 |
LA Weekly
With acting as good as this, Wonderland gives you all the expected pleasures of eavesdropping on the intimate lives of others.
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| 70 |
Chicago Reader
As an interweave of crosscut miniplots, this isn't nearly as interesting or as pleasurable as Jeremy Podeswa's recent "The Five Senses."
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| 63 |
USA Today
If Wonderland is difficult to embrace, it is easy to admire.
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| 63 |
New York Daily News
That (cinéma-vérité) feel is absolutely convincing, as are the performances.
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| 60 |
Salon.com
By the end of Wonderland, I might have felt completely pistol-whipped if not for the gracefulness of some of the movie's actors.
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| 60 |
The New York Times
As well done as it is, Wonderland feels predictable. There is no sad turn in these characters' lives that you cannot see coming about an hour before.
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| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly
The energy is sapped by clinging condescension in the guise of compassionate liberalism.
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| 40 |
TV Guide
The material is familiar, and doesn't have anything new to say about the ways men and women wound each other.
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
So bereft of hope... that it's a chore to withstand.
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