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Wonder (2017)
Wonder (2017)
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Writers: Stephen Chbosky & Steve Conrad (screenplay)
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic
Genre: Drama, Family
This was even better than I had thought it would be. And you sure can't judge this movie by that poster. I mean that poster looks like you're about to watch some happy-dappy fluffy film...full of cliches and aimed at school age kids. Oh sure it's PG rated, but it deals with the impact of having a special needs kid in the family and I liked that about the film. If you want this R rated, just poke yourself in the thigh with a fork and swear a lot
Cause other than the missing F bombs and hairy naked butts, this is a film any adult should be able to enjoy.
Like I said, it's not a happy go lucky film, nor is it sad. It seemed mostly real to me. I liked how after the movie got going it would do a full segment on the 'background people'. Background people are the characters in movies who are just there to be the older sister or best friend, etc. But here the film actually tells us the back story of some of these people and then we learn how their lives are impacted by Augie's special needs.
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Writers: Stephen Chbosky & Steve Conrad (screenplay)
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic
Genre: Drama, Family
"Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time."
This was even better than I had thought it would be. And you sure can't judge this movie by that poster. I mean that poster looks like you're about to watch some happy-dappy fluffy film...full of cliches and aimed at school age kids. Oh sure it's PG rated, but it deals with the impact of having a special needs kid in the family and I liked that about the film. If you want this R rated, just poke yourself in the thigh with a fork and swear a lot
Cause other than the missing F bombs and hairy naked butts, this is a film any adult should be able to enjoy.Like I said, it's not a happy go lucky film, nor is it sad. It seemed mostly real to me. I liked how after the movie got going it would do a full segment on the 'background people'. Background people are the characters in movies who are just there to be the older sister or best friend, etc. But here the film actually tells us the back story of some of these people and then we learn how their lives are impacted by Augie's special needs.
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