My Wonderful Wanda

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My Wonderful Wanda

2021,

1h 52m,

Drama

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Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef (André Jung) the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa (an amazing Marthe Keller), along with the sporadic intervention of animals stuffed or alive. But an unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down. While MY WONDERFUL WANDA exposes present-day realities of class injustice, thanks to writer-director Bettina Oberli's empathetic lens, it is never less than a very human comedy.

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Sheri Linden

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 22, 2021

Oberli is more interested in the interplay of her characters than a barbed look at geopolitics, an approach that clicks only to a point in this well-performed but overlong and uneven feature.

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Alissa Simon

Variety

Apr 22, 2021

It's an engaging, mostly well-acted tale, full of surprising twists, even if some seem a bit too on the nose.

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Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

New York Times

Apr 22, 2021

It loses emotional momentum with each new section.

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Calum Cooper

In Their Own League

Jul 14, 2024

2/5

The subtext is interesting, but it’s hard to fully appreciate beneath the repetitive arguments and half-baked scenarios.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 17, 2022

4/5

As everything comes to a head, the film’s comical and combative vibes gives way to a overarching sense of sadness and uncertainty.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Jun 14, 2021

4/5

Well paced and energetic, My Wonderful Wanda picks just the right moments to introduce real emotion into the mix.

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Bettina Oberli

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Agnieszka Grochowska

Wanda

Marthe Keller

Elsa

André Jung

Josef

Birgit Minichmayr

Sophie

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Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef (André Jung) the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa (an amazing Marthe Keller), along with the sporadic intervention of animals stuffed or alive. But an unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down. While MY WONDERFUL WANDA exposes present-day realities of class injustice, thanks to writer-director Bettina Oberli's empathetic lens, it is never less than a very human comedy.

Director: Bettina Oberli
Producer: Lukas Hobi, Reto Schärli
Screenwriter: Bettina Oberli, Cooky Ziesche
Distributor: Zeitgeist Films
Production Co: Zodiac Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 23, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 6, 2021
Runtime: 1h 52m

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