7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Family, Drama • 2017 • 113 min • Older Kids (7+)
Wonder (2017)
Wonder (2017)
Overview
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Starring Cast
Jacob Tremblay • Owen Wilson • Izabela Vidovic
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Starring Cast
Jacob Tremblay • Owen Wilson • Izabela Vidovic
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film is rated neutral because its central message champions universal human values like kindness, empathy, and courage, and promotes individual moral choices and community support as solutions, rather than engaging with specific political ideologies or systemic critiques.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The movie features visible diversity within its supporting cast, though its central family and protagonist are white. The narrative primarily focuses on themes of kindness and acceptance for a character with a facial difference, portraying traditional identities positively without explicit critique or a central focus on racial or gender DEI themes.
Secondary
Race Swap: Yes
Confidence: Medium
The character Summer Dawson, explicitly described as half-Black in the source novel, is portrayed by a white actress in the film adaptation, constituting a race swap.
Judaism: Positive
Confidence: High
The film subtly portrays the Pullman family as Jewish, celebrating Hanukkah and showing Auggie wearing a kippah. Their Jewish identity is presented as a normal, positive aspect of their loving and supportive family, aligning with the film's overarching themes of kindness and empathy.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Wonder' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is solely focused on the journey of a boy with facial differences and the importance of empathy and inclusion in a school setting.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Wonder' centers on a young boy with facial differences as he attends mainstream school for the first time. The narrative explores themes of kindness, acceptance, and overcoming physical challenges. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the story.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Wonder" is an adaptation of R.J. Palacio's novel. All significant characters in the movie maintain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
8.1
Critic Ratings
8.6
6.6
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