WONDER

Cert PG

Digital and disc Monday Young actor Jacob Tremblay is on winning form beside Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts in this uplifting adaptation of RJ Palacio’s best-selling novel.

Ten-year-old Auggie has a disfiguring medical condition and so starts his first day of school wearing a spaceman’s helmet. He suffers bullying as he struggles to fit in.

It’s more sentimental and sweetly engaging than I’m prepared to admit to enjoying, and fans of the book will probably think it’s great. And in an era of cyber-bullying the message of accepting people for who they are is worthwhile.

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