{"id":482563,"date":"2022-11-16T05:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/?p=482563"},"modified":"2022-11-16T05:41:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T10:41:18","slug":"should-you-watch-the-wonder-our-review-of-the-florence-pugh-netflix-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whats-on-netflix.com\/what-to-watch\/should-you-watch-the-wonder-our-review-of-the-florence-pugh-netflix-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Watch ‘The Wonder’? Review of the Florence Pugh Netflix Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wonder – Picture: Netflix<\/p><\/div>\n

The new mysterious thriller from Netflix, The Wonder<\/em><\/a>, is now streaming, but should you give it a watch?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set in The Irish Midlands in 1862, The Wonder<\/em> follows English nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh), who is brought to a tiny village to observe young Anna O\u2019Donnell (Kila Lord Cassidy) on claims that she has not eaten in the past four months since her 11th birthday. As she remains miraculously alive and well, Nurse Wright must suss out if this community is harboring a new saint or if they are covering up the unholy truth.<\/p>\n

Alongside Pugh & Cassidy, the film stars Mank\u2019s Tom Burke as journalist Will Byrne, Captain America\u2019s Toby Jones as Dr. McBrearty, Belfast\u2019s Ciaran Hinds as Father Thaddeus, Doubt\u2019s Brian F. O\u2019Byrne as John Flynn, & Kila Lord Cassidy\u2019s real-life mother Elaine Cassidy as Anna\u2019s mother, Rosaleen O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n

Based on the novel of the same name by Emma Donahue, the film reunites screenwriter Alice Birch with lead Florence Pugh, who previously worked on the BAFTA-nominated Lady Macbeth<\/em> in 2017.<\/p>\n