Director: Wes Anderson
Genre: Comedy/
Drama
Runtime: 40
minutes
Year: 2023
Starring: Benedict
Cumberbatch, Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel, Richard Ayoade, Ralph Fiennes
Description: Chronicles a
variety of stories, but the main one follows Henry Sugar, who is able to see
through objects and predict the future with the help of a book he stole.
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2024 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 36: A FILM FROM A DIRECTOR KNOWN FOR THEIR VISUAL STYLE
Review: “Fantastic Mr. Fox” from 2009 didn’t only mark Wes Anderson’s first
full-length stop-motion animation, but also his first adaptation of a story of
Roald Dahl. Initially, “The Wonderful Story of henry Sugar” was intended to be
a full-length feature film. Anderson backtracked on that by making it part of a
four-part series of short Dahl adaptation.
We first meet a storyteller,
played by Ralph Fiennes, telling us about the wealthy Henry Sugar, who finds in
a book about a man from india who can see without his eyes. He acquired this
technique, refined over many years, from a Yogi. So, a story within a story
within a story withing a story. But Anderson manages to let these complex artifices
sink in surprisingly smoothly.
“The Wonderful Story of
henry Sugar” has few dialogues and consists almost entirely of renowned actors
addressing the camera to tell the story.
It’s a ludicrous story,
which we are used to from Roald Dahl and makes perfect material for Wes
Anderson. I loved how this story was told, with backgrounds changing rapidly,
making it almost magical. There are three more films on Netflix, that are based
on Dahl’s stories and directed by Anderson. Them being : “The Swan”, “Poison”
and “The Ratcatcher” and I will most definitely watch them all.
Rating: 4/ 5
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