Movie

Wonderstruck

2017 · 116 min

A hushed, tender dual journey through two eras, dreamy and tactile, rewarding patience with quiet emotional resonance.

Tagline: It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, whimsical and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, isolation, memory
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
isolation
memory
coming-of-age
Places: big city
small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none