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The Wonder
2022
· Movie
· 108 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2766
- IMDb #3236
- Google retired #2778
- Rotten Tomatoes #1871
- Metacritic #1871
- Letterboxd #2763
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1646
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2536
- Metacritic Critics #1369
- Metacritic Audience #2917
- Criticker #1971
- Kinopoisk #4309
- AlloCiné #3245
- Trakt #3250
Every rating
47–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 47, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 84. Critics average 78, everyone else 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An English nurse is sent to a remote Irish village in 1862 to observe a young girl who has supposedly survived without food for months. The community sees it as a miracle, but the nurse is tasked with a scientific watch, creating a tense psychological battle between faith and rationality as she investigates the mysterious case.
Details
- Director
- Sebastián Lelio
- Writers
- Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, Sebastián Lelio
- Based on
- The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
- Released
- 2 November 2022
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins, 25 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (23) →
Awards & nominations
See all 28 →3 wins from 28 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2023 | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, Sebastian Lelio | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2023 | Best Woman Screenwriter | Alice Birch | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2023 | Outstanding British Film | Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue | Nominee |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2023 | Sound | The Wonder | Nominee |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2023 | Best Film | The Wonder | Nominee |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2023 | International Actress | Florence Pugh | Nominee |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2023 | Supporting Actress – Film | Elaine Cassidy | Nominee |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2023 | Supporting Actress – Film | Kíla Lord Cassidy | Nominee |
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British Independent Film Awards
12 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Music | Matthew Herbert | Winner |
| Best British Independent Film | Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Ed Guiney | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Nominee |
| Best Director | Sebastián Lelio | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble Performance | Kíla Lord Cassidy, Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Toby Jones, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ciarán Hinds, Brían F. O'Byrne, Josie Walker | Nominee |
| Best Lead Performance | Florence Pugh | Nominee |
| Best Make-Up & Hair Design | Morna Ferguson, Lorry Ann King | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Grant Montgomery | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Sebastián Lelio, Alice Birch and Emma Donoghue | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Hugh Fox, Ben Baird | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Performance | Kíla Lord Cassidy | Nominee |
| Cinematography | Ari Wegner | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
6 nominations, 1 won
| British/Irish Actress of the Year (for body of work) | Florence Pugh | Winner |
| Actress of the Year | Florence Pugh | Nominee |
| British/Irish Film of the Year | The Wonder | Nominee |
| Supporting Actor of the Year | Tom Burke | Nominee |
| Technical Achievement Award | Nina Gold | Nominee |
| Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | Kila Lord Cassidy | Nominee |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Independent Films | The Wonder | Winner |
Irish Film & Television Awards
6 nominations
| Best Film | The Wonder | Nominee |
| Hair & Makeup | Lorri Ann King, Morna Ferguson | Nominee |
| International Actress | Florence Pugh | Nominee |
| Sound | The Wonder | Nominee |
| Supporting Actress – Film | Elaine Cassidy | Nominee |
| Supporting Actress – Film | Kíla Lord Cassidy | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, Sebastian Lelio | Nominee |
| Best Woman Screenwriter | Alice Birch | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding British Film | Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue | Nominee |