Wonder

"Who gives you the courage to face the world?"

2017 1h 53m EN

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★8.1TMDB · 8,426

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The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

“Who gives you the courage to face the world?”

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Cast

Jacob Tremblay
Auggie
Julia Roberts
Isabel
Owen Wilson
Nate
Izabela Vidovic
Via
Noah Jupe
Jack Will
Millie Davis
Summer
Bryce Gheisar
Julian
Mandy Patinkin
Mr. Tushman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stephen Chbosky
Writers: Steven Conrad, Stephen Chbosky, Jack Thorne
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $315M — a 15.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stephen Chbosky, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marcelo Zarvos. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Livolsi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Who gives you the courage to face the world?".

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IMDB entry: tt2543472 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Stephen Chbosky directs. Don Burgess behind the camera. Marcelo Zarvos scores. Mark Livolsi cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Grossed $315M — a 15.8× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Directed by Stephen Chbosky, shot by Don Burgess. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Marcelo Zarvos. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Mark Livolsi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Who gives you the courage to face the world?".
8IMDB entry: tt2543472 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "based on novel or book", "exclusion", "bullying", "coney island".
10Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Don Burgess
Original score: Marcelo Zarvos
Editing: Mark Livolsi
Production design: Kalina Ivanov
Costume design: Monique Prudhomme
Makeup / hair: Robert A. Pandini
VFX supervisor: John Stewart
Stunt coordinator: Leif Havdale
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $315,025,930
Return: 1575% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Wonder (2017)

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CinemaSerf2026-08-22
★ 7/10
"Auggie" (Jacob Tremblay) has been home-schooled by his mother (Julia Roberts) and father (Owen Wilson) but now as he nears his teens, they feel it's time for him to go to school and start associating with his contemporaries. Everyone's trepidation stems from the young lad's facial disfigurement which even after multiple surgeries is still something of which he is always quite conscious as he wears his shiny astronaut helmet to avoid being stared at. Clearly, he can't go to school dressed as Neil Armstrong so with some considerable courage he embarks on this new adventure without it. Of course there are none so cruel as other kids and his appearance is soon drawing all sorts of disdainful remarks; he is largely shunned and friends are few. Then he notices that "Jack Will" (Noah Jupe) is struggling with a surprise quiz and so allows him to crib from him. Might that be the start of a friendship? The story arc here isn't particularly innovative or original, but there are two really quite powerful performances from Tremblay and Jupe as both of their characters find they have a lot of growing up to do. Sure, there are snide remarks and bullies a-plenty here, but I felt the thrust rather manages to dispense with those early on so allowing the two boy's characterisations to develop more roundly - and bumpily - as peer and parental pressure both add and detract from the efforts and struggles of the young "Auggie" and his friend to break free of their often self-imposed inhibitions and prejudices, as well as those applied from some of his uncaring fellow pupils - and their parents. This isn't a melodrama and there is a fair amount of fun and mischief from this young science nerd, tempered by his big sister's burgeoning romance with one of the lads from the drama club, and if you're ever to watch a film espousing the unfairness and downright stupidity of judging a book by it's cover, then this will probably be it.

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