2017 · drama · family
Wonderstruck
Directed by Todd Haynes1h 56m2017
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Our read: Wonderstruck (2017) reads as a warm, steady, inventive drama · family entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, steady, measured drama / family, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
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Watching Wonderstruck tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Wonderstruck feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want parallel deaf kids, silent-film beauty, and a museum mystery across decades.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if dual timelines and deliberate Haynes pacing feel too literary tonight.
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