The Wonder - Reviews

A talented cast, a haunting score and unusual direction propel this pulsing thriller about faith and reason.

...this intriguing film delves into thriller territory at times, then horror, yet remains a slow-burning, pensive period drama that exists somewhere between genre lines.

Florence Pugh is rivetingly brilliant in this eerie period mystery.

...few will remain unmoved by this intriguingly adventurous and thought-provoking drama.

An atmospheric tale of faith versus medicine.

...a slow burn, and an exercise in faith in more ways than one. But Florence Pugh impresses once more...

...dwells in the gothic-bucolic as a nurse watches over a girl who has survived months without food.

Filmmaker Sebastián Lelio impresses yet again with the story of an English nurse's test of faith in a 19th century Irish village.

...profound and engaging.

...a psychological drama that engages its audience by finding originality in cold, hard truths.

Pugh is the centripetal force of The Wonder. Her face, with its steady frowns and fleeting gusts of emotion, betrays not just a constant proximity to pain but reserves of careful determination.

Florence Pugh is miraculously good in eerie drama.

A drama this ambitious demands a fearless performer like Pugh, who knows exactly the tightrope to walk when it comes to the story’s delicate balance between realism and melodrama.

Hvad enten hun eftertænksomt mæsker sig i fårestuvning eller forsigtigt smager på sit eget blod i et tranceinducerende ritual før sengetid, er Pugh umulig at flå øjnene fra.