The blessing of The Wonder is how it acknowledges the things we most want to believe and still proposes, in the end, that human acts and faith in others can be the most miraculous things of all.

| Dec 1, 2022

The Wonder is entirely fresh -- and equally brilliant.

| Nov 23, 2022

A compelling drama shorn down to its essentials, both visually and emotionally.

| Nov 22, 2022

Pugh is very much at home in this kind of role, but it’s no less arresting in its familiarity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2022

Beneath its satisfying surface mystery, “The Wonder” levels a steady gaze at a faith-ruled culture where the miracles of women are sometimes the only way to cope with the sins of men.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 18, 2022

[A] perverse, provocative story about women, their appetites and a world that barbarically tries to control them both.

| Nov 17, 2022

The Wonder crosses a line between eerie ambiguity and aimless floundering.

| Nov 16, 2022

Not every story can or should be a movie, despite Hollywood’s insistence otherwise. Some should remain books. Some should remain silent. And some, such as this, provide a fresh reminder of the power of visual storytelling.

| Nov 16, 2022

Largely thanks to Pugh, Leilo’s semi-experimental attempt at blending an old-fashioned melodrama with Media Studies 101 commentary never makes you feel like you’re watching something created in a dorm-session smokeout.

| Nov 15, 2022

If this film is nominated, I will not be surprised, particularly when it comes to cinematography...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 11, 2022

Basically, the film is a waiting game, with Lelio, a sophisticated technician, using every available trick to keep us engaged... Mainly what we’re asked to do is keep watch on Pugh, who is equipped to make Lib into a mystery in her own right.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 10, 2022

The Wonder coheres as a powerful study of the way in which people are cloistered by their own stories.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 9, 2022

Equally haunting, heartbreaking and heartening, it’s a narrative about narratives’ ability to transform, destroy, resurrect, imprison, and liberate.

| Nov 8, 2022

There’s a deep emotional seam that runs through The Wonder which viscerally challenges your preconceptions of faith, morality and care.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 5, 2022

It's an interesting and compelling premise, but it feels pretty dull and empty.

| Nov 4, 2022

Finds a very human way into a conversation about how we measure and value truth.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2022

A clever prestige project whose neat assembly of themes and talent can sometimes seem to have started in a flat-pack.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 4, 2022

Science and belief clashes aside, The Wonder is a transfixing, transportive film, anchored by the incomparable Pugh.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3, 2022

Wonder's spare, muted intrigue hangs mostly on Pugh and atmosphere, an elusive minor-key mystery.

| Original Score: B | Nov 3, 2022

Thanks to a typically mesmerizing leading turn from Florence Pugh, it’s a film that can hold up a mirror to believers and nonbelievers alike as the best stories of faith do.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 3, 2022