Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for The Wonder (2022) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Ruth Bradley DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ari Wegner MUSIC: Matthew Herbert PRODUCTION: Element Pictures, House Productions, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for The Wonder (2022). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

On 28 April 2021, it was announced that Florence Pugh was set to star in Sebastián Lelio's adaptation of The Wonder. Principal photography began in Ireland on 12 August 2021. Accompanying the announcement of the start of production, it was reported that Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Elaine Cassidy, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, Dermot Crowley, Brían F. O'Byrne and David Wilmot had joined the cast.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award6 wins & 33 nominations total

! rowspan="12" scope="row"| British Independent Film Awards

! scope="row"|National Board of Review

! rowspan="2" scope="row"| Alliance of Women Film Journalists

! rowspan="6" scope="row"| London Film Critics' Circle

! scope="row"| British Academy Film Awards

! rowspan="6" scope="row"| Irish Film & Television Awards

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Reviewing the film following its premiere at Telluride, David Ehrlich of IndieWire called it a "sumptuous but slightly undercooked tale", praising Lelio's direction, the performances, the cinematography, and the score. Peter Bruge praised the cast performances in his review for Variety but criticized the screenplay, summarizing it as an "evenhanded but ultimately preposterous adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter’s Stephen Farber found it an "illuminating study of dark prejudices" and commended Pugh's performance, as well as Lelio's direction which he said represents perhaps his "finest achievement to date".

The film has been likened to folk horror, with Meara Isenberg of CNET noting its "rural setting, religious foreboding and general sense of dread". Ed Power of the Irish Examiner described it as "Famine trauma meets folk horror", calling it a "gripping film ... full of buried secrets and festering evil".