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Theatrical release poster
Directed byStephen Chbosky
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byMark Livolsi
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release dates
Running time
113 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[3]
Box office$296.6 million[4]

Wonder is a 2017 American drama film directed by Stephen Chbosky and written by Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by R.J. Palacio. The film stars Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay. The film follows a child with Treacher Collins syndrome trying to fit in. Wonder was released in the United States on November 17, 2017, by Lionsgate. The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences and has grossed $296 million worldwide on a $20 million budget. At the 90th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Plot

August "Auggie" Pullman is a fifth-grade boy living in North River Heights in upper Manhattan. He has a rare medical facial deformity, which he refers to as "mandibulofacial dysostosis." Due to numerous surgeries, Auggie had been home-schooled by his mother Isabel, but as Auggie is approaching middle school age, Isabel and Nate decide to enroll him in Beecher Prep, a private school, for the start of middle school. At first, Auggie is ostracized by nearly all the student body, but he is soon befriended by a boy named Jack.

During Halloween, Auggie wears an old "Ghostface" mask and costume because his dog, Daisy, threw up on his "Boba Fett" costume. Unrecognized, he walks around school knowing he would not get tormented while incognito. As he walks through the door to his homeroom he overhears Jack telling Julian Albans that he was "only pretending to be friends with Auggie." Feeling betrayed, Auggie wants to stay home during trick-or-treating, but his older sister Olivia, nicknamed "Via," talks him out of it. Auggie later confides the incident to another friend, a girl named Summer, but swears her to secrecy. When Jack notices that Auggie has become quiet and distant he asks Summer why, but she only says "Ghost Face" to give him a clue. Jack is shocked when it dawns on him that it was Auggie wearing the Ghost Face costume, and thus had overheard everything he said to Julian. When Julian calls Auggie a "freak," Jack angrily punches him in the face and a fight ensues between the two, which is soon broken up by Mr. Browne and Ms. Petosa. Jack is suspended for two days for his actions, apologizes to Auggie, and the two reconcile.

During the rest of the school year, Auggie is repeatedly bullied by Julian and his group; they leave hurtful and threatening notes on his desk and tape to his locker their class picture with Auggie photoshopped out. Mr. Tushman, confronts Julian and his parents using all the evidence; Julian's mother proclaims that she had Auggie edited out of the photo to make it look more presentable to her friends at home. She then says that other students should not be exposed to Auggie. Despite her threats to pull their funding from the school, Tushman suspends Julian for two days. Julian, who stands to lose all his friends, apologizes to Tushman for humiliating Auggie, as his mother drags him out the door.

Meanwhile, Via signs up for Drama Club at her high school after her best friend, Miranda, ignores her; in the process, she meets Justin, with whom she develops a close friendship which later turns into a relationship. Later, Via is selected to be an understudy for the lead role in the school's production of "Our Town," but when Miranda, the lead actress, pretends to fall ill, Via takes her place and gives a performance that earns her a standing ovation.

During a school trip to a nature reserve, when Auggie and Jack are accosted and threatened by a group of seventh graders from another school, several of Julian's friends come to their defense. After their return to school, Auggie is generally more accepted by his classmates, including most of Julian's former friends. At the year's end during the graduation ceremony, Tushman announces that Auggie has been selected for the Henry Ward Beecher Medal for standing out; Auggie receives a standing ovation, and the movie ends with everyone applauding Auggie, and Isabel commenting on him being a "wonder."

Cast

Cast

  • Julia Roberts as Isabel Pullman, Via and Auggie’s mother.
  • Owen Wilson as Nate Pullman, Via and Auggie’s father, Isabel’s husband
  • Jacob Tremblay as August "Auggie" Pullman, Via’s brother and Isabel and Nate’s son
  • Izabela Vidovic as Olivia "Via" Pullman, Auggie’s sister and Isabel and Nate’s daughter
    • Maccie Margaret Chbosky as Young Olivia
  • Noah Jupe as Jack Will, Auggie’s best friend
  • Bryce Gheisar as Julian Albans
  • Elle McKinnon as Charlotte Cody
  • Millie Davis as Summer Dawson
  • Ty Consiglio as Amos Continu
  • Kyle Harrison Breitkopf as Miles Noury
  • James A. Hughes as Henry Joplin
  • Sônia Braga as Lisa "Grans" Minel, Isabel's mother and Via and Auggie’s grandmother
  • Mandy Patinkin as Mr. Tushman
  • Daveed Diggs as Mr. Browne
  • Ali Liebert as Ms. Petosa
  • Danielle Rose Russell as Miranda Navas, Via’s best friend
  • Nadji Jeter as Justin Hollander, Via's boyfriend
  • Gidget as Darth-Daisy "Daisy", Auggie and Via's dog

Other cast

  • Nicole Oliver as Mrs. Will, Jack’s mother
  • Rachel Hayward as Mrs. Navas, Miranda’s mother
  • Crystal Lowe as Mrs. Sarah Albans, Julian’s mother
  • Steve Bacic as Mr. Albans, Julian’s father
  • Erika McKitrick as Ella
  • Lucia Thain as Savanna Wittenberg
  • Sasha Neuhaus as Maya Markowitz
  • Izzy Lieberman as Reid Kingsley
  • Hannah Hoberman as Rebecca
  • William Dickinson as Eddie
  • Emma Tremblay as Michelle
  • Lydia Jewett as Lina Annan
  • Armen Bagdasrov as Danny
  • Kaelyn Breitkopf as Angela
  • Victoria V. Cruz as the Science Fair judge
  • Benjamin Ratner as Mr. Davenport
  • J. Douglas Stewart as Darth Sidious
  • Michael Alan Healy as Chewbacca

Production

On November 27, 2012, it was announced that Lionsgate was developing the feature film adaptation of R. J. Palacio's debut novel Wonder, while in talks with John August to write the screenplay.[5] Mandeville Films' David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman would be producing the film.[5] On May 8, 2013, Jack Thorne was hired to adapt the novel, while August, who was previously reported as writer, had departed from the project.[6] In October 2014, John Krokidas was reported to be directing the film,[7] but in April 2015, Paul King was hired to take the directing duties. Steven Conrad was writing the script at that time.[8]

On April 14, 2016, Jacob Tremblay was cast in the film to play the lead role as Auggie Pullman, while Julia Roberts was in talks to play Auggie's mother.[9] On May 5, 2016, Roberts was confirmed to play the mother, with Stephen Chbosky signed on to direct the film.[10] On June 27, 2016, Owen Wilson had joined the film to play Auggie's father.[11] On July 11, 2016, newcomer Noah Jupe joined the film to play Auggie's best friend at school.[12] On July 15, 2016, Daveed Diggs was cast in the film to play Mr. Browne, an English teacher at the school.[13] On August 19, 2016, Sônia Braga joined the cast of the film, portraying the role of Roberts' character's mother.[14]

Jacob's prosthetic makeup, designed and created by Arjen Tuiten, took an hour and half to apply. It consisted of a skull cap with prosthetic ears attached, a facial prosthetic that covered Jacob's face, and a wig to tie it all together.[citation needed]

Marcelo Zarvos composed the film's score.[15]

Music

Bea Miller composed a song entitled "Brand New Eyes." It was released on August 3, 2017.

Wonder author R.J. Palacio has often credited Natalie Merchant's song “Wonder” from her 1995 album Tigerlily as the inspiration for her best-selling book and at Merchant's invitation, the song will be featured in the soundtrack.[16]

Release

Wonder was scheduled to be released in the United States on April 7, 2017 by Lionsgate.[17][18] On February 13, 2017, it was announced that the release date for Wonder had been pushed back to November 17, 2017.[19] Wonder had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on November 14, 2017.[20]

Box office

As of March 8, 2018, Wonder has grossed $132.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $164.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $296.6 million, against a production budget of $20 million.[4]

In the United States and Canada, Wonder was released alongside Justice League and The Star and was initially projected to gross around $9 million from 3,096 theaters in its opening weekend.[21] However after grossing $740,000 from Thursday night previews and receiving a large number of group ticket sales, weekend projections were upped to $15 million.[22] Weekend projections were again increased, this time to $28 million, after the film made $9.4 million on its first day. The film went on to debut to $27.1 million, finishing second at the box office behind Justice League.[23] In its second weekend the film dropped just 17.7%, grossing $22.7 million and finishing third at the box office.[24]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 156 reviews and an average rating of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Wonder doesn't shy away from its bestselling source material's sentiment, but this well-acted and overall winsome drama earns its tugs at the heartstrings."[25] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[26] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 80 films in the history of the service to receive such a score.[23]

Some with craniofacial disorders have criticized the film for casting an able-bodied actor as Auggie, and have branded the plot an example of inspiration porn.[27][28][29]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards February 5, 2018 Best Intergenerational Film Wonder Nominated [30]
Readers' Choice Poll Wonder Nominated
Academy Awards March 4, 2018 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Arjen Tuiten Nominated [31]
British Academy Film Awards February 18, 2018 Best Makeup and Hair Naomi Bakstad, Robert Pandini and Arjen Tuiten Nominated [32]
Casting Society of America January 18, 2018 Big Budget – Comedy Deborah Aquila, Kara Eide, Tricia Wood and Kris Woz Nominated [33]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 11, 2018 Best Young Actor/Actress Jacob Tremblay Nominated [34]
Best Adapted Screenplay Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad and Stephen Chbosky Nominated
Best Hair & Makeup Wonder Nominated
Heartland Film Festival December 31, 2017 Truly Moving Picture Award Stephen Chbosky Won [35]
London Film Critics Circle January 28, 2018 Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Noah Jupe Nominated [36]
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild February 24, 2018 Feature Motion Picture: Best Contemporary Makeup Naomi Bakstad, Jean Black and Megan Harkness Nominated [37]
Feature Motion Picture: Best Contemporary Hair Styling Robert Pandini and Alisa Macmillian Nominated
Feature Motion Picture: Best Special Makeup Effects Michael Nickiforek and Arjen Tuiten Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society December 18, 2017 Best Youth Performance Jacob Tremblay Nominated [38]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 8, 2017 Best Youth Performance Jacob Tremblay Nominated [39]
Women Film Critics Circle December 17, 2017 Best Family Film Wonder Nominated [40]
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