Wonder tells the story of Auggie Pullman, a boy born with a a rare medical facial deformity who up until the film begins has been home schooled but the need to go to a real school becomes too great. There we follow the events in Auggie's life as he meets new people, makes new friends and everybody learns acceptance, patience and tolerance.
Like so many films, this is based on a book - the wonderful R J Palacio book of the same name (its a brilliant read and probably available at your local library) - and also like so many films that were based on books, changes were made. Sometimes this is inevitable, because what works on paper doesn't always work on screen and there are perfectly valid reasons for this, but it serves to underline why the book should be read before the film, and not the other way round.
The book describes Auggie's deformity in such a way that it probably looks and sounds worse than it ever could have done in the film. I will admit I was, not "disappointed" as such but I suppose underwhelmed is a better term, compared to the book. But I suppose there was always going to be an element of artistic licence when converting literature to film and you can't please everybody.
This is not a bad adaption of a book compared to some I've seen. It stands up pretty well on its own regardless of whether you've read the book or not beforehand. The message from it though is clear - you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.
Like so many films, this is based on a book - the wonderful R J Palacio book of the same name (its a brilliant read and probably available at your local library) - and also like so many films that were based on books, changes were made. Sometimes this is inevitable, because what works on paper doesn't always work on screen and there are perfectly valid reasons for this, but it serves to underline why the book should be read before the film, and not the other way round.
The book describes Auggie's deformity in such a way that it probably looks and sounds worse than it ever could have done in the film. I will admit I was, not "disappointed" as such but I suppose underwhelmed is a better term, compared to the book. But I suppose there was always going to be an element of artistic licence when converting literature to film and you can't please everybody.
This is not a bad adaption of a book compared to some I've seen. It stands up pretty well on its own regardless of whether you've read the book or not beforehand. The message from it though is clear - you can't blend in when you were born to stand out.