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| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a 2023 fantasy comedy adventure film, directed by Wes Anderson, starring Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dev Patel.
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- posts span Aug 3, 2023 to Nov 1, 2026
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60 of 178 · most liked firstOver the past 22 years, Wes Anderson has been nominated for eight Oscars; when he finally won on Sunday night, it was for the 39-minute live-action short film “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.”
neutral · AI labelView post →For the love of Wes Anderson; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Asteroid City (2023) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) The French Dispatch (2021).
neutral · AI labelView post →When discussing cinematic space we often consider horizontal and vertical elements - things that move sideways or up and down. Wes Anderson's new film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar superbly plays with depth and backgrounds, creating layers that seem to extend into the wall behind the screen.
positive · AI labelView post →Hot take: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More is *easily* Dahl's best work. His kids books are all wonderful and do a great job of tapping into childhood anger/insecurity/insouciance/etc but that set of stories is the only of his work that makes me want to punch a wall in jealousy.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR (and other stories) is, in my opinion, pretty good. letterboxd.com/andrewmoxon/...
positive · AI labelView post →For the love of Wes Anderson; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Asteroid City (2023) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) The French Dispatch (2021).
neutral · AI labelView post →For the record, Asteroid City The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Rushmore Grand Budapest Hotel The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More The Darjeeling Limited Fantastic Mr. Fox Bottle Rocket The Phoenician Scheme The French Dispatch Moonrise Kingdom Isle of Dogs
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Trailer #1 (2023) - New Wes Anderson film.
neutral · AI labelView post →For the love of Wes Anderson: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Asteroid City (2023) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) The French Dispatch (2021)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Short 2023) Directed by Wes Anderson, Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film.
neutral · AI labelView post →All 4 of Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl short films release on Netflix this week. • ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ - Sep 27 • ‘The Swan’ - Sep 28 • ‘The Ratcatcher’ - Sep 29 • ‘Poison’ - Sep 30
neutral · AI labelView post →For the love of Wes Anderson The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Asteroid City (2023) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) The French Dispatch (2021)
neutral · AI labelView post →"THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR finds Wes Anderson at his most rigorously experimental, committing to Anderson’s curational ‘style as form’ strategy not as a means of ferrying feeling but as its very manifestation."
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Short 2023) Directed by Wes Anderson, Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Short 2023) Directed by Wes Anderson, Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ben Kingsley in "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →now watching - The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More for - Ander's Sons
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Short 2023) Directed by Wes Anderson, Oscar Winner for Best Live Action Short Film.
neutral · AI labelView post →now taping - Ander's Sons: the Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
neutral · AI labelView post →All 4 of Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl short films release on Netflix this week. • ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ - Sep 27 • ‘The Swan’ - Sep 28 • ‘The Ratcatcher’ - Sep 29 • ‘Poison’ - Sep 30
neutral · AI labelView post →Ben Kingsley in "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar [2023] is a Train Movie
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★★½ review of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar on @letterboxd: boxd.it/4UjUvN #265moviereview #Netflix Filmsky 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's Viewing - "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar"
neutral · AI labelView post →PREMIERE DATES for two of Benedict's upcoming projects: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Venice IFF - September 1st The End We Start From Toronto IFF - September 10th
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite first-time watches June 2025: - EAST OF EDEN - FREEWAY (1996) - GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI - LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN - NETWORK - NIGHT MOVES (1975) - SCARECROW - STRANGER BY THE LAKE - THE ACT OF SEEING WITH ONE'S OWN EYES - THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND THREE MORE
neutral · AI labelView post →[This](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/wes-anderson-henry-sugar-netflix-movie-37-miniutes-long-1235645286/) answered my questions about release pacing and Netflix collaboration, but it was obnoxious to read on mobile so here's most of it: > Wes Anderson announced in an interview with IndieWire that his upcoming Netflix movie “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” based on Roald Dahl’s 1977 short story collection, will only be 37 minutes long. The film is Anderson’s second Dahl adaptation…
neutral · AI labelView post →📽️ Squeezing in a short film tonight: currently watching The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023, Wes Anderson). I love the storytelling format in this one so much, and the sets are incredible. I'm having actual emotional feelings about how beautiful some shots are. ❤️
positive · AI labelView post →"The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" is Wes Anderson's second film of the year and - despite running only 39 minutes - an unqualified masterwork.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m going to pick the short story that has stuck with me the longest, and that would be THE SWAN by Roald Dahl. I read it on Christmas morning 1977, when I was 13. From the short story collection THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR. The book was the gift left at the end of my bed for early opening.
neutral · AI labelView post →📚 A Roald Dahl I've never seen before! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977). Seven wonderfully strange tales of greed, extraordinary abilities, cruelty and chance - for the older reader! And what a gloriously battered vintage Puffin cover! Who remembers this one?
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a section of "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" by Roald Dahl that's stuck in my head since childhood.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR (which I luckily got to see in a real movie theater with a big screen): Wes Anderson’s Don Quixote, with direct references to A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut? My favorite since Budapest. A genuine adaptation about adaptation.
positive · AI labelView post →I love Roald Dahl, I love Benedict Cumberbatch, but I'm not sure I can take THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR. Benedict looks like he's six seconds from crawling out of the screen and into my lap. And not in that good way — more like Samara in THE RING.
negative · AI labelView post →My review of Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for The Film Verdict #venice80 #venezia80 #netflix #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Short film “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar“, led by Cumberbatch, will have its theatrical (US) release in just three weeks, followed by its global streaming release on September 27th. Screenshots via LA Times/Variety articles on Twitter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Film library (1264): - Not including Documentaries, which is a separate library 12 Angry Men (1957) 1917 (2019) 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 2010 (1984) 28 Days Later (2002) 28 Weeks Later (2007) 28 Years Later (2025) 28 Years Later - The Bone Temple (2026) 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 300 (2007) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Absolutely Fabulous - The Movie (2016) Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (1994) Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls (1995) A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving…
neutral · AI labelView post →If you like Roald Dahl's stories and weird movies, I guess you've already seen Wes Anderson's "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More" (in which the "three more" means three more short stories.) If you haven't, do give the anthology a try. 🤩 #BookWormSat www.youtube.com/watch?v=C33u...
positive · AI labelView post →The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar was described as “enchanting” on Netflix. This is too short a word. Far too short and too thin. I can’t do better than concur and add my #wouldRecommend, wholeheartedly. www.imdb.com/title/tt1696...
positive · AI labelView post →what i like about wes anderson is that every new movie of his clicks neatly into place behind the previous like he’s building a one, big cinematic train. like, yes, this is exactly the movie that should come after THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR
positive · AI labelView post →A friendly reminder that The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More is a masterpiece
positive · AI labelView post →THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND THREE MORE: Functionally identical to the experience of watching the shorts back to back, and still a remarkable and playful achievement for Anderson even though the first outstrips the rest in its ambition, deftness, and warmth.
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve just started The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar on Netflix. 12 minutes in and I am absolutely entranced. 
positive · AI labelView post →every day of 2026, I'll post a story from an anthology film or series. 1️⃣3️⃣6️⃣ THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR (2023) "Poison" D/W: Wes Anderson An adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Poison" story. A man suspects a highly venomous snake is in his room. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel & Ben Kingsley.
neutral · AI labelView post →OMG I had no idea anyone had adapted my favorite Roald Dahl short story of all time: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, into a movie! The man learns of some ancient arts and learns to see through playing cards to win at blackjack. This story is why I'm *fascinated* with the math of blackjack.
positive · AI labelView post →At North Shore Movies this week I reviewed THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, Wes Anderson’s second masterpiece of 2023.
positive · AI labelView post →Director Wes Anderson will attend the « Festival Lumière » (Oct. 14-22) in Lyon, France, to present “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”. More guests announced soon: r.newsletter.institut-lumiere.org/mk/mr/sh/1t6...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar on Netflix made me want torture everyone involved, even Dev Patel. And I love Dev Patel.
negative · AI labelView post →I think if you add it all up the short story I've spent the most time loving is Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m at the Netflix House, enjoying attractions related to all my favorite Netflix movies: I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, ROMA, THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, THE LOST DAUGHTER, etc.
neutral · AI labelView post →290.) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More Nearly fell asleep Maybe there shouldn't have been three more 6.75/10
neutral · AI labelView post →December 2024 Top 5 First Views: GRAND TOUR BY THE STREAM THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND THREE MORE THE TSUGUA DIARIES I'M NOT THERE HM: The Colors Within, Carry-On, Falling Lessons
neutral · AI labelView post →Me, playing The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. 14, barely glancing up from her phone not even five minutes into the film: This is a Wes Anderson movie, isn't it.
negative · AI labelView post →Year-end movie watching and catch-up season, ranked 1) The Holdovers 2) Dream Scenario [gap] 3) Poor Things 4) Air 5) You Hurt My Feelings 6) Blackberry 7) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 8) Confess, Fletch 9) Maestro 10) Oppenheimer [gap] 11) May/ December
neutral · AI labelView post →It's been a long day and the funk has not quite cleared but I did, very slowly, get dinner organised in between getting a FRL ticket and looking up car rentals. [Chana dal with a scrumptious tadka and guar bean with chickpea flour and ajwain seeds](https://aussie.zone/comment/3226892) (!). Watched The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (arrrr) because of my intense love of the book growing up, even though I honestly don't like most Wes Anderson films. I feel so wrapped up in warmth and coziness…
neutral · AI labelView post →"Anderson should have made THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR an 88-minute theatrically-released feature film in four chapters."
neutral · AI labelView post →The transitions alone are worth watching “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”! Loved it! ❤️📽️
positive · AI labelView post →new 📸✨ Benedict Cumberbatch in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
neutral · AI labelView post →An official poster for THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR. Coming September to Netflix worldwide.
neutral · AI labelView post →📚 A Roald Dahl I've never seen before! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977). Seven wonderfully strange tales of greed, extraordinary abilities, cruelty and chance - for the older reader! And what a gloriously battered vintage Puffin cover! Who remembers this one?
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