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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonA beautiful, hearfelt and raw piece of work.
- 90TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissThis is a test, requiring rapt concentration and acute attention, and repaying a hundredfold. For spectators dulled by the midget movies of an arrtstically timid era, the film may be a chore. For those on Malick’s rarified wavelength, it’s a wonder.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere will be many who find To the Wonder elusive and too effervescent. They'll be dissatisfied by a film that would rather evoke than supply. I understand that, and I think Terrence Malick does, too. But here he has attempted to reach more deeply than that: to reach beneath the surface, and find the soul in need.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawAt its best, Malick's cinematic rhapsody is glorious; during his uncertain moments, he appears to be repeating himself. But what delight there is in this film.
- 80EmpireEmpireLess ambitious than The Tree Of Life, To The Wonder remains 100 percent pure, unadulterated Malick, an absorbing, thoughtful, moving meditation on the things that matter.
- 80Total FilmJames MottramTotal FilmJames MottramTo The Wonder doesn’t quite live up to the sky-high expectations set by his earlier films. But it’s still a brave, soul-stirring and sensitive work.
- 67Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanTo the Wonder is distinctly lacking in oomph and, without an emotional connection, without anything interesting happening on the screen, the beauty can only take you so far before the endeavor falls like a house of cards.
- 63Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThroughout To the Wonder, the new and old are incessantly twinned, blurred into a package that suggests an experimental dance piece.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyA film that seems drained of life and ideas rather than sustained by them.