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- 2023
- PG
- Netflix
- 37 m
- 2023
- PG
- Netflix
- 37 m
Summary This short anthology film adapts four of the stories in the Roald Dahl collection "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More." The main story follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see through objects and predict the future with the help of a stolen book.
Directed By: Wes Anderson
Written By: Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson
- 2023
- PG
- Netflix
- 37 m
- 2023
- PG
- Netflix
- 37 m
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
6.9
Summary This short anthology film adapts four of the stories in the Roald Dahl collection "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More." The main story follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see through objects and predict the future with the help of a stolen book.
Directed By: Wes Anderson
Written By: Roald Dahl, Wes Anderson
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
85
90% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
10% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
85
90% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
10% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
In the end, both Dahl’s stories and Anderson’s movies require a few common but difficult skill sets of the actors. Wit. Technical precision. Verbal facility. Adroit timing. And some fun, even if it’s tightly prescribed and carefully confined to a certain place in a fastidiously arranged, ever-shifting picture frame.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a choreographed dance of an experience — one that could have easily felt like a run-on sentence. However, Anderson is skilled enough as a filmmaker to make sure to pace things out with a deliberate and sure hand, utilizing both long takes and clever edits to make 37 minutes fly by like 15.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 User Ratings
6.9
69% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
15% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
15% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 User Ratings
6.9
69% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
15% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
15% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
The inventiveness of Roald Dahl, brought to life under the incredible eye of Wes Anderson. The few 39 minutes of footage, the wonderful cast and the modest theatrical set are just enough for a tailor-made short film. To watch as a marathon with the other stories.
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It’s a short film, but its portrayal of inspiration, self-evident in both its artistry and homage, is simply enormous.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar grants Dahl’s work a pop-out book feel in its theatrical storytelling.
As ever with Anderson, the design is meticulous. Some can find this style cloying, but it suits this glorified short perfectly, never outstaying its welcome.
This being a Wes Anderson film, it almost goes without saying the details are delectable.
Unfortunately, its 39 minutes unfold in such motor-mouthed haste, it feels like a dad belting through a bedtime story while the football’s on downstairs.
Wes Anderson is such a wonderful director. His distinct style is so unique and so incredibly charming. This new short film is Wes Anderson's second foray into a Roald Dahl story. The usual flair of the director is still here but this movie is different from what he normally **** movie feels like a book that is being read to us but with visuals that are like a theatre show. Every character says what they are thinking and what they are feeling. We can see people moving the sets and moving things onto scenes. It can be difficult to get used to and the pacing is incredibly fast. However, I oddly enjoyed the whimsical and unique telling of the story. It was a wonderful story and more should know the story of Henry Sugar.
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Decent but inconsequential Anderson fare that is very measured and simple. Performances, sets, and staging all good per Anderson's usual outputs.
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(Mauro Lanari)
All the bad written and said about "Asteroid City" without understanding that it was a (neo-)existentialist film applies instead to this first chapter of a miniseries for "wcnetflux" (cit.): one thing is to speak explicitly of the emptiness of meaning, another is to clothe the nothingness of nothing with a dazzling pastel palette for the demented joy of interior and color designers. Alexa toilet flusher has already been produced, use it without risking a hernia by pressing the button.
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