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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

2023

Wes Anderson

Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel ...

6.6

5,960

Adventure. Comedy. Fantasy A beloved Roald Dahl story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Jo-Ann Titmarsh London Evening Standard	"Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl are a match made in heaven (...) The film is destined to become a classic, for children and adults alike (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"37 minutes of absolute bliss"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"[The filmmaker] bring Roald Dahl's short story to life in delectable –and very funny– style (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nikki Baughan Screendaily	"The result is funny and charming, a short but entirely satisfying confection"	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"For fans there is an exquisite orderliness about the absurdity of Anderson's miniature universe (...) A deliciously calibrated amuse-bouche"	POS
United Kingdom	Kevin Maher The Times	"The book, of course, is one of the sweetest Dahl's written. And it's now become a perfectly precise blast of finest Anderson (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"While not quite substantial enough to support a feature, this dense adaptation of one of the 'Matilda' author's more elaborate short stories proves a good match for Anderson's intricate approach"	NEU
United Kingdom	Jane Crowther Total Film	"Marvellous medicine for Wes Anderson fans (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"A beautiful and bountiful bite-size film, it stands as Anderson's second triumph of 2023 and a mini-masterwork in its own right"	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"[Anderson's] delivery here is not willfully eccentric but gorgeously centered. Form underscores content in [the film] in a most delightful way (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	James Mottram NME	"This is nirvana for fans of both the author and Anderson (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	John Serba Decider	"Anderson enhances Dahl’s parable in endearing and meaningful ways"	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"A droll 40 minutes of beautifully composed nested stories (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"The result is delightful, but it also suggests a universe that requires our own imagination to be fully realized —which is, of course, the whole point of the story"	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl are a perfect fit (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"[It] is short, sharp, and totally sublime"	POS
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Anderson grants his audience a sense of cosy complicity via fourth-wall-breaking asides, but there's not much to get purchase on in a thinly-sketched morality tale (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"The mix of marquee names, relatively bite-sized format and Netflix as a platform feels like an ideal marriage of talent, material and distribution -a better combination, frankly, than Anderson's last few movies"	POS
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"The story itself might be a short, but the initiative within this tale is anything but"	POS
United States	Chris Evangelista SlashFilm	"As Anderson says, it's about the telling of the story as much as it is about the story itself"	POS
United Kingdom	Laura Venning Empire	"A delightful first instalment in a planned quartet of short films, Anderson and Dahl's sensibilities continuing to be a match made in heaven (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Belen Edwards Mashable	"What gorgeous truths and spectacles lie in wait in 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'"	POS
United States	Siddhant Adlakha Polygon	"It's a short film, but its portrayal of inspiration, self-evident in both its artistry and homage, is simply enormous"	POS

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