Movie · 2017 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy · 2h 21m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 4.1/10 (1.9M ratings)
Power. Grace. Wisdom. Wonder.
Overview
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.1/10
IMDb: 7.3/10
Letterboxd: 3.20/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 76
TMDB: 7.2/10
Director
Patty Jenkins
Production
Atlas Entertainment, Cruel & Unusual Films, DC Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock, Lucy Davis, Elena Anaya, Lilly Aspell, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Ann Wolfe, Ann Ogbomo, Emily Carey, James Cosmo, Wolf Kahler, Martin Bishop, Flora Nicholson
Where to watch
Max
Curator Review
Verdict
A lively, star-driven superhero origin story with real charm, a strong mythic hook, and a distinctly hopeful tone. It stumbles in the back half, but the character work, period setting, and action set pieces make it an easy recommendation for most viewers.
Best for
fans of upbeat superhero origins
viewers who like mythic fantasy mixed with wartime adventure
people who enjoy charismatic lead performances
audiences looking for a more hopeful comic-book movie
Skip if
you want consistently strong visual effects throughout
you dislike formulaic third acts
you prefer grounded, low-key superhero stories
you are tired of origin-story structure
Overview
Wonder Woman works best when it leans into sincerity. The Themyscira material has a clean, old-fashioned adventure energy, and the film gives its heroine a clear moral center without sanding off her sense of wonder. Gal Gadot’s performance is a major part of the appeal: she sells the character’s idealism, physicality, and fish-out-of-water curiosity with unusual ease.
Worth noting
The World War I setting adds texture and gives the movie a more distinctive flavor than many modern superhero entries. There’s a pleasing balance of romance, comedy, and action in the first half, and the London sequences have a breezy confidence. The movie also benefits from its gender-reversal premise, which gives familiar genre beats a fresh emotional angle.
Bottom line
It does lose momentum when it reaches the final stretch, where the effects and villain reveal feel less inspired than the setup. Even so, the film’s warmth, clarity, and sense of uplift carry it past its rough edges. It’s not the most polished comic-book blockbuster, but it is one of the more likable ones.
Top Letterboxd reviews
davidehrlich (3★) · 2293 likes
THE GOOD:
- Gal Gadot
- the purity and dedication of the gender role reversals (and everything that goes along with that). this, needless to say, is the most thrilling and important factor here.
- Gal Gadot
- the lasso
- Gal Gadot
- WWI setting, which excuses a lot of the inexplicably appalling special effects, in its own saturday morning serial kinda way
- Gal Gadot
- Lucy Davis
- Gal Gadot
- all the bits in London
-… more
Holly-Beth (4★) · 2057 likes
i'm sorry i just don't believe Remus John Lupin would do any of that
sashi (5★) · 1281 likes
I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKING STEVES IN THESE MOTHERFUCKING PLANES
mulaney (4★) · 802 likes
"be careful in the world of men, diana. they do not deserve you." WIG
Sally Jane Black · 663 likes
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