Recommend The Wonder on Netflix

[JohnSJ]

It is about a girl who supposedly stops eating, but somehow remains alive. A nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village to investigate the girl's fast.

As the story proceeds, the girl is observed to be getting weaker and weaker, and will apparently die unless some kind of intervention is done, which the nurse tries to unsuccessfully persuade the town and church elders to let her do something.

The ending of this tale is terrific

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1. I'm about 45 minutes into it

Really good so far. Slow paced and a little haunting. Very well done. I like the way it starts out on a modern set. Interesting.

[JohnSJ]

2. I know, it starts off slow, but as I said the ending is amazing

[intrepidity]

3. Agreed, just watched it yesterday

I was amused to see Ciaran Hinds and Toby Jones in it, because I had just watched the first episode of "The English" (Prime) and when I saw those same two actors together I thought it was an odd pairing, only to see it again a few days later.

[JohnSJ]

4. Interesting, because I just finished the first Episode of that myself. That also looks good

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8. I loved Toby Jones in "Detectorists".

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5. Just finished t.

Very well done. I'll probably review it on my movie blog.

[JohnSJ]

6. I liked the way they worked the ending, when the nun said she had a dream

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7. I almost expected her to wink!

[JohnSJ]

9. lol

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10. I hope you don't mind that I reviewed it on my blog

I thought it was well worth reviewing.

[JohnSJ]

12. +++

[nuxvomica]

11. Well done movie. Thanks for recommending.

I didn't get why they blew away the fourth wall at the beginning and end unless it was some commentary on the illusion of storytelling, the toxic effect of which is a prominent theme in the story. I was happy to see Tom Burke in this. He was amazing as Orson Welles in Mank, and he's J.K. Rowling's detective character in the Strike series (on HBO Max).

[JohnSJ]

13. I think you are right about story telling. It takes you away to a different world, and then brings

you back

[SharonClark]

14. I loved it.