Wonderstruck
Based on Brian Selznick's critically acclaimed novel Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out on quests to find what they are missing that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry.
29 April 1999, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
October 15, 2005 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
22 October 1981, New York City, New York, USA
10 November 1969, San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines
3 December 1960, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
25 December 1952, Dover, Delaware, USA
December 26, 2017
The scenes in the museum are overextended to the point of viewer frustration.
November 09, 2017
Those who are merely looking for a flick that goes well with popcorn may be bored, but true cinema buffs will be in heaven.
October 27, 2017
It's the sort of poetic conceit that needs a filmmaker far more rapt and intuitive than Haynes, whose jeweler's precision keeps everything at an emotional remove.
December 19, 2017
Despite all of the eventfulness, there's little dramatic tension, and lots of footage of kids walking around a museum.
January 03, 2018
This is the only film by Haynes I didn't care for.
November 10, 2017
Aims for whimsical, but lands well short of its goal.
November 02, 2017
The longing for interpersonal connection, which is so central to Wonderstruck, reverberates throughout Haynes's work.
December 26, 2017
Todd Haynes' Wonderstruck is a childhood fable brimming with lush visuals yet too wispy to bear them.
December 17, 2017
Everything about this film is a disappointment. It is, by far, Todd Haynes's weakest effort to date.
October 27, 2017
Haynes struggles to connect all the dots. Wonderstruck reaches for the stars and falls short.
December 18, 2017
Like Rose and Ben find, with Wonderstruck, the journey is the more engaging aspect.
October 30, 2017
A sweet, gentle story of two children connecting across time.

