Review of The Wonder

The Wonder (I) (2022)
10/10
A great film, very engrossing, beautifully shot and acted (but fast forward the first 5 minutes and last two)
31 December 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed this film - it pulled you in and I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. It's quite hard to describe in words - but there was just a closeness to everything that made you really feel like you were really there. I appreciated the historical accuracy of the setting and the film as well (a rare thing these days). Florence Pugh was absolutely brilliant as always and the girl who played Anna also deserves a lot of accolades. The only thing I don't understand and didn't like was the opening scene where they showed outside the set. It was completely pointless and pretentious. I don't know how this made it into the final edit at all because it has no bearing on the rest of the film. The same goes for the final scene - it was just so unnecessary. Aside from that I do recommend this film - it was refreshing to see something that stuck to just telling a good story. It was beautifully shot, color graded and lit too.
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