6.0/10
20,361
125 user 296 critic

To the Wonder (2012)

Trailer
1:59 | Trailer

Watch Now

From EUR7.99 on Amazon Video

After falling in love in Paris, Marina and Neil come to Oklahoma, where problems arise. Their church's Spanish-born pastor struggles with his faith, while Neil encounters a woman from his childhood.

Director:

Writer:

Reviews
Popularity
2,063 ( 182)
5 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Drama | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.

Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
The New World (2005)
Biography | Drama | History
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.

Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X  

A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X  

A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.

Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman
Badlands (1973)
Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

An impressionable teen girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend go on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Drama | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte
The Master (2012)
Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams
Melancholia (2011)
Drama | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Director: Lars von Trier
Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm
Anomalisa (2015)
Animation | Comedy | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.

Directors: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
Amour (2012)
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Director: Michael Haneke
Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
Carol (2015)
Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman.

Director: Todd Haynes
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
Tatiana Chiline ...
Tatiana
...
Tony O'Gans ...
Sexton
...
Carpenter
...
Bob
Casey Williams ...
Neighbor #1
Jack Hines ...
Neighbor #2
Paris Always ...
Classmate #1
Samaria Folks ...
Classmate #2
Jamie Conner ...
Teenage Girl with Baby
Francis Gardner ...
Woman at Wedding
Edit

Storyline

Neil (Ben Affleck) is an American traveling in Europe who meets and falls in love with Marina (Olga Kurylenko), a Ukrainian divorcée who is raising her 10-year-old daughter Tatiana in Paris. The lovers travel to Mont St. Michel, the island abbey off the coast of Normandy, basking in the wonder of their newfound romance. Neil makes a commitment to Marina, inviting her to relocate to his native Oklahoma with Tatiana. He takes a job as an environmental inspector and Marina settles into her new life in America with passion and vigor. After a holding pattern, their relationship cools. Marina finds solace in the company of another exile, the Catholic priest Father Quintana (Javier Bardem), who is undergoing a crisis of faith. Work pressures and increasing doubt pull Neil further apart from Marina, who returns to France with Tatiana when her visa expires. Neil reconnects with Jane (Rachel McAdams), an old flame. They fall in love until Neil learns that Marina has fallen on hard times. ... Written by Magnolia Pictures

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Genres:

Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexuality/nudity | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

| |  »

Country:

Release Date:

30 May 2013 (Germany)  »

Also Known As:

Project B  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$116,551 (USA) (12 April 2013)

Gross:

$586,293 (USA) (5 July 2013)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

|

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

It is Terrence Malick's first film under two hours in length since 1978. See more »

Goofs

When Jane and Neil get out of their car in the midst of the bison, cameras reflected in the car windows and doors in various shots. See more »

Quotes

Marina: I write on water what I dare not say.
See more »

Connections

Referenced in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2012 (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

June (Barcarolle)
Performed by Morton Gould at The Piano
Arranged and Conducted by Morton Gould
Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Remastered by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
It's a wonder I wasted 2 hours of my life on this movie
12 April 2013 | by (Austin, TX) – See all my reviews

The movie is disjointed, bizarre, wooden, non-sensical. Apparently all you have to do to capture Ben Affleck's attention is run around weirdly, frolic in meadows, roll around the ground, drape your face in material. And then its love, sweet love!

Since you literally have no idea what's happening for the majority of the film, you are just "treated" to both female protagonists being odd and staring off into the distance. There are few words in this movie -- mostly from this really strange interaction between the french gal and her friend who is screaming in the neighborhood and from random crackheads talking to the priest.

This may be the worst movie I've ever seen... but it is absolutely the most boring movie I've ever seen.


39 of 72 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Is This Really A Movie? simonrosenbaum
Whats happened to Terrence Malick ? umar-nadeem1
The Ending. . . famousmortimer-2
Mysogynistic islandgirl-465-270896
A few questions about the end esinglet
DVD Cover Art? jab670
Discuss To the Wonder (2012) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?