Personally actually bought how he was accepted (it certainly works for different people, and while some will not find it truthful, as someone who actually was accepted quickly when changing schools regardless of my problems it rang true for me). It really resonated with me as somebody who has been there, being bullied in school mercilessly for being "different from the norm" and my difficulties (physically and socially) and found myself identifying with Auggie every step of the way and admired how he overcame everything. However, 'Wonder' had inspiring, well-intentioned messaging, and even when past my school days it inspired me and made me think how my bullying suffering could have been handled better on my part. The ending also goes a little too far with the sentiment, feeling a little too maudlin and contrived. The narration is overused and over-explanatory, there are far worse cases in film but it definitely could have been used less and didn't need to tell us as much as it did when it could have been shown just as effectively and would have not confused the storytelling at all. A few changes, but not ones that harm the film at all and it doesn't suffer as much as other book-to-film adaptations at compressing, the impact that the book had and its spirit is very much intact. It is a very good film though, and is also one of the most faithful book-to-film adaptations there is (there are not many of those around). Is it as good as 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower?' No, not quite. It was not quite a wonder but it very nearly was.
'Wonder' generally did live up to high expectations. A lot of the cast have also done good previous work. Love 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower', also directed by Stephen Chbosky, that 'Wonder' is often compared to. Like feel good films with doses of humour and sentiment exploring serious concepts. Really admired that a difficult subject that similarly resonates with me was being explored.
Loved the book, one of my recent reads and one of the ones that really resonated with me.
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