Less wonder, more confusion.
is a strange kind of film — its title hints at a spectacle of awe-inspiring amazement, and certainly its cast is up to the challenge, even if the film as a whole isn't. Set in 1862, it starsas an English nurse named Lib Wright who takes a temporary job in the Irish Midlands to observe an 11-year-old girl who has, supposedly, survived without food for months.
Lib's indifference is understandable: she's suspicious of this miracle girl, though can't quite put her finger on what's at play. She faces other immediate obstacles, from the council of clergymen who refuse to disbelieve, to her own internal grief that threatens to unmoor her.If anything is a wonder in this film, it's Pugh's talent — even though it shouldn't be.
Anna's parents have complicated motivations, which we won't reveal in this review. They don't take money from the visitors who come to marvel at their daughter, nor do they seem to want to publicise her miracle, and so their hostility towards and suspicion of Lib — though potent and understandable — feels muddied in motivation.AIDAN MONAGHAN/NETFLIX
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