Little by little, layer by layer, [Alice Rohrwacher] makes us members of the family and participants in their conflicts. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 1, 2023

Rohrwacher reminds us that whatever the circumstances we are in, life is filled with full of wonders. Le Meraviglie deserves all the recent accolades.

| Feb 22, 2021

Sam Louwyck imbues the sputtering would-be domestic tyrant Wolfgang with a hyper-comic charm reminiscent of Roberto Benigni.

| Jun 9, 2020

Overall, The Wonders is an example of insightful, though-provoking filmmaking but is let down by its bizarre change of tone.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 19, 2019

A simple, heartfelt story of a family trying to keep their heads above water.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2019

Almost every moment feels real and unrehearsed because the characters' specific qualities work inward rather than outward.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 24, 2019

The Wonders is a coming-of-age tale unbound from the expectations of a genre that it remains undeniably hooked to at its heart, so that it's also a revelatory portrait of a family, a region, and a way of life.

| May 2, 2019

As beautiful and well-acted as the film is, I couldn't help thinking once the credits rolled, "Is that it?"

| Mar 7, 2019

Writer-director Alice Rohrwacher has a gentle, unassuming touch through most of the film, quietly observing the beekeepers' hard work and pre-modern lifestyle without condescension, and her leads are effectively natural.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 28, 2018

"The Wonders" manages to examine its entire cast of characters, male and female, in a loving but clear and pitiless light.

| Feb 15, 2018

The Wonders signals the maturation of a significant cinematic talent, and kudos to Jane Campion and her jury for recognizing as much.

| Oct 11, 2017

The importance of family in these examples of Italian cinema continues. Although, fortunately, in a more original way rather than traditional. [Full review in Spanish]

| Sep 27, 2016

A very particular story mixed with the poetry of a director that, with only two movies, already her its own language and style. [Full review in Spanish]

| Sep 22, 2016

While it it's far from being a perfect film, Rohrwacher builds an original world with summer heat and a boisterous crowd that finds a few parallels with Lucrecia Martel's films. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 19, 2016

Rohrwacher has a deft way of sidling into moments of drama, aided by DP Helene Louvart's extraordinary work

| Apr 19, 2016

Rohrwacher's recreation of the monotonous rhythms of low-tech farm life is every bit as attentive and diligent as the film's heroine. But the director's impressionistic approach to narrative does get a little frustrating.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2016

This is a film that not only understands the myriad feelings tied to poverty, but how they can so often collide with one's hope for their future.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 22, 2016

Not honey-sweet, perhaps, but only bitter enough to make you appreciate its richness all the more.

| Jan 22, 2016

The story of an Italian family trying to maintain old-school farming traditions demonstrates director Alice Rohrwacher's considerable talent, despite its flaws.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 18, 2015

What's worth wondering at is the way writer-director Alice Rohrwacher illustrates the private world of an authentic and genuinely loving family.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 2015