To the Wonder
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: April 12, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 41 Critic Reviews
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22
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14
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 11, 2013
The fine intentions of To the Wonder pave a road to puzzlement, not awe. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMay 2, 2013
The movie is intentionally elusive, like a memory you can’t quite fully recall, but the result has all the depth and weight of a greeting card. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 25, 2013
In To the Wonder [Malick] doesn’t give us enough to work with, leaving us with a thing of great beauty, but not much more. Read full review
50
NPRMark JenkinsApr 11, 2013
Pretty but inert, To the Wonder is a vaporous mystery wrapped in a gauzy enigma — a cinematic riddle that'll appeal principally to those eager for another piece, however tiny, of the puzzle that is Terrence Malick. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaApr 11, 2013
"There's nothing here!" screams Romina Mondello - Kurylenko's Euro gal pal, walking the deserted sidewalks of this Anytown, U.S.A. Boy, truer words . . .. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 11, 2013
The director’s first real misfire, a meditation on love and lost paradise that starts with breathtaking assurance and slowly crumbles into self-parody. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenApr 10, 2013
Although To the Wonder never transported me, personally, to the ecstatic heights the title promises, there is still much here worth one’s engagement. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 10, 2013
Malick keeps pushing Affleck to the corner of the frame, as if he's more interested in the women. I found it difficult to maintain interest in anyone. If there's such a thing as a feather that weighs a ton, it's To the Wonder. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinApr 8, 2013
To the Wonder feels like generalized woo-woo—and self-parody. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerApr 26, 2013
Is Malick deliberately courting self-parody here? Probably not. That would imply he had a sense of humor. Read full review
42
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanApr 25, 2013
Affleck has two expressions, a smirk and a scowl. Bardem never changes expression at all: Whatever he’s saying comes out with a dispassionate, hangdog glumness. Perhaps he watched the daily rushes once too often. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 11, 2013
Having been deeply moved — though often exasperated — by Terrence Malick's previous film, "The Tree of Life," I don't have the heart to belabor the failings of his new one, which is depressed and deeply depressing. The only thing that's wonderful in To the Wonder is the imagery. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 11, 2013
It feels like a high-end perfume ad. Read full review
40
The New YorkerDavid DenbyApr 8, 2013
The movie is pervaded by a cataclysmic sense of loss, but we don’t need to be chastised with the ideal of Christian love to understand that sex isn’t enough. And someone might tell Malick that beauty isn’t enough, either. Only a major filmmaker could have made To the Wonder, but nothing in it adds up. Read full review
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