Wonder Film Review - Appreciate a person for who they are, not for what they look like (may contain spoilers)
An emotional film adapted from a best-selling novel.
This is about a child called August 'Auggie' with medical issues and a rare facial disfigurement. He has undergone many surgical procedures in order to help him and to help him fit into normal society.
He has extremely supportive parents. A cool dad, a loving mum, and a sister, who feels largely neglected because of the extra attention Auggie's medical conditions demand.
Auggie's parents decide that it is time for him to enter mainstream education, he has been home schooled up to this point and his exclusion makes him feel extremely nervous of the prospects of fitting in. His first day is an emotional roller-coaster, we see how the other children either react to his deformity, some with stares and how others bully because they do not know any better! We see how he needs to handle all the various other children he encounters.
It is probable that we all knew (or were) an 'Auggie' at school, the child who was picked on because of a difference of some kind. Unfortunately the film has a very corny ending, but what this film does well is to teach us to appreciate a person for who they are and not for what they look like.
Recommended viewing.
Question Time: What film did Noah Jupe appear in recently as Nicky?
8/10.
This is about a child called August 'Auggie' with medical issues and a rare facial disfigurement. He has undergone many surgical procedures in order to help him and to help him fit into normal society.
He has extremely supportive parents. A cool dad, a loving mum, and a sister, who feels largely neglected because of the extra attention Auggie's medical conditions demand.
Auggie's parents decide that it is time for him to enter mainstream education, he has been home schooled up to this point and his exclusion makes him feel extremely nervous of the prospects of fitting in. His first day is an emotional roller-coaster, we see how the other children either react to his deformity, some with stares and how others bully because they do not know any better! We see how he needs to handle all the various other children he encounters.
It is probable that we all knew (or were) an 'Auggie' at school, the child who was picked on because of a difference of some kind. Unfortunately the film has a very corny ending, but what this film does well is to teach us to appreciate a person for who they are and not for what they look like.
Recommended viewing.
Question Time: What film did Noah Jupe appear in recently as Nicky?
8/10.
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