Scored mixed entertainment and message on WhatSphere's content-balance model 7
Its director stated on the record that "when I set out to make a movie about kindness, I knew that you can't make a movie about kindness without doing it with kindness, It could be something of a hea…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "i want to say to all my fellow directors and producers out there, to think all the time when you are casting, including background casting, to always include s…" 2. Its producer stated on the record that "the film celebrates the goodness of people and talks about differences and celebrating those differences, with themes of tolerance and empathy" 3. Children's Craniofacial Association is documented as involved through consulting 4. The adaptation scores 89 of 100 for faithfulness to that source 5. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 6. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 25 of 100 7.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "When I set out to make a movie about kindness, I knew that you can't make a movie about kindness without doing it with kindness. It could be something of a healing experience for some folks that migh…"DB News, November 2017 source ↗
- 2Creator statementdirector: "I want to say to all my fellow directors and producers out there, to think all the time when you are casting, including background casting, to always include somebody with a disability or to think ab…"Disability Belongs / Media Access Awards, 2017 source ↗
- 3Creator statementproducer: "The film celebrates the goodness of people and talks about differences and celebrating those differences, with themes of tolerance and empathy."DB News, November 2017 source ↗
- 4Advocacy orgChildren's Craniofacial Association involved via consulting; evidence type press_release.Children's Craniofacial Association (advocacy group) source ↗
- 5FaithfulnessFaithfulness 89 of 100.WhatSphere faithfulness checklist, score_version 1
- 6Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
- 7Content balanceAdvocacy 25 of 100, tier mixed entertainment and message.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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Age: 27 — strongly youth-oriented
Quadrant Scores
Audience Representation
Racial audience withheld
Only 60% of the cast has a researched race, so these scores stay blank.
Why this is blank
A partial classification would pull origin-race scores toward the researched slice and away from the cast as it is. The nine audience scores are withheld instead of shown as zero. Zero would mean no audience, which is not what a thin cast record says.
Faithfulness
Advocacy
Where to Watch (US)
Netflix
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Wonder Project Amazon Channel
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Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
PlexAmazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeFandango At HomeSource Material
| Title | Author | Type | Year | Purchase link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonder | R.J. Palacio | novel | 2012 |
Synopsis
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
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Lineage and popularity
Open Library
Faithfulness 89. Copied from title_sphere_scores for display beside source lineage. Joins do not write this value.
What Changed from the Source
The production decisions behind this adaptation, as recorded — original versus on screen.
Source faithfulness: 89/100
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Advocacy Over Time in Family
The average advocacy score of Family titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 2 | 2 |
| 1944 | 0 | 2 |
| 1951 | 0 | 2 |
| 1959 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 3 | 2 |
| 1969 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 0 | 3 |
| 1974 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 0 | 3 |
| 1981 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 3 |
| 1983 | 1 | 5 |
| 1984 | 3 | 2 |
| 1985 | 2 | 3 |
| 1986 | 0 | 8 |
| 1987 | 0 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | 3 | 8 |
| 1990 | 1 | 8 |
| 1991 | 1 | 5 |
| 1992 | 1 | 6 |
| 1993 | 1 | 9 |
| 1994 | 2 | 8 |
| 1995 | 5 | 4 |
| 1996 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 4 | 10 |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 |
| 2003 | 3 | 12 |
| 2004 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 13 |
| 2006 | 2 | 15 |
| 2007 | 1 | 14 |
| 2008 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2 |
| 2016 | 10 | 4 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5 |
| 2019 | 19 | 8 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6 |
| 2022 | 25 | 6 |
| 2023 | 28 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 10 |
| This title (2017) | 25 | 1 |
● This title (2017): advocacy 25 · explore Family →
Cast & Crew
Soren Miltich (director) · Stephen Chbosky (director)
Made for the Same Audience
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Same Audience, Lower Advocacy
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