Wonderstruck
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”
Todd HaynesWhere to watch in the United States: Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Free: Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon MX Player. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
Oakes Fegley 
Julianne Moore 
Michelle Williams Millicent Simmonds 
Cory Michael Smith 
James Urbaniak
Plot
The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Sinekatalog’s take
Todd Haynes's adaptation of Brian Selznick's book is gorgeous and tender, with a Carter Burwell score.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (11,615 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
Metacritic: 71/100
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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