(...)
More than any other movie I have ever seen, To the Wonder
succeeds in presenting everyday American life as a historical and
sociological marvel to be stunned by: invisible to the natives, but
immediately apparent to newcomers (especially ones who, like Marina, had
experienced the shriveled grayness of the communist world – or any
world in which enterprise is institutionally thwarted). Marina reacts to
the casual affluence she sees all around her in an ecstatic, sensuous
way.
(Read the full version of my Movie Mezzanine piece on To the Wonder here)
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