The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

2023

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama

63
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 81% · 98 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 86040 86K

london, england card game casino based on novel or book gambling charity

Plot summary

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

Director

Wes Anderson Photo
Wes Anderson

Top cast

Truman Hanks Photo
Truman Hanks as Stagehand
Ralph Fiennes Photo
Ralph Fiennes as Roald Dahl
Benedict Cumberbatch Photo
Benedict Cumberbatch as Henry Sugar
Ben Kingsley Photo
Ben Kingsley as Imdad Khan / Croupier
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English 2.0
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24 fps
12 hr 41 min
Seeds 25
784.42 MB
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English 5.1
NR
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24 fps
12 hr 41 min
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1.85 GB
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fciocca 7 / 10

A captivating and exotic short story.

'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' is the first of four shorts by Wes Anderson. This production is the perfect visualization of a book. The transitions are peculiar and they contributed greatly to make the story flow smoothly. The editing was absolutely phenomenal with a few cuts placed in the right moments. The 1.33:1 aspect ratio immersed me even more in the story. All the trademarks of the director are there: the perfect symmetry of the sets, the actor placed exactly in the right spot and the fairy mood. The plot is engaging and exotic. I like the development and I was genuinely curious to see how everything was going to wrap up. This is how you tell a trivial story in an original and fresh way. The cast is composed of many great actors: with a team such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley you know that simply you cannot go wrong. All of them have a very pleasant and clean British accent, which for me is an added value. My final mark is 7.5 stars out of 10.
Reviewed by Quinoa1984 9 / 10

More than a part of the decoration

As much as this is pure Uncut 1100% pure white as the driven snow Wes Anderson, including one of his most thrilling tracking shots and rear-screen projection that made me laugh hard enough for the neighbors to sit up and probably want to check it out for themselves, it is also a perfect distillation of Roald Dahl's perfectly eccentric and wildly over-elaborate storytelling and construction of one plot into another.Maybe you haven't read Dahl in a while if you were one of those kids who read him a lot (I know he has a reputation today, but he could objectively write comedy and quirk like nobody's business), but even if that's so the recognition of his voice will come back to you like a long dormant dream. It's also fascinating to see the clockwork-theatrical staging from Asteroid City taken even further. I'd ask him why he doesn't direct theater, but then he would look at me like I was a fool - why do that when he has the overwhelming power of control of the Frame of Cinema at his disposal?The thing about this Henry Sugar film that I like on top of the perfectly calibrated balancing act between very human comedy and quixotic and deadpan fantasy that we know Anderson can do in his sleep (though I imagine as easy as it looks it takes a lot of concentration to get right with DP Yeoman), the performances are just right and add to the flavor of the piece. Call it shallow, but I just enjoy how soothing the voices of Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Kingsley and even to an extent Fiennes are, like they could almost be ASMR-ing you with the Dahl words that get spun like a marathon sprinter who is running in this precision that dazzles you because it almost is inexplicable (just like, I might posit for comparison, what the men can see with their eyes closed after concentrating hard for days and years on end).Last but not least: Benedict Cumberbatch in a dress = most unlikely kind of attractive walking cartoon in a dress since Bugs Bunny.
Reviewed by imseeg 5 / 10

It's another (failed) gimmick by the (ONCE) great Wes Anderson

Even at 40 minutes this "movie" still managed to annoy me with this gimmick of actors speedreading lines. THIS is NOT a theatreplay. THIS is NOT a book you read out aloud. THIS was/is meant to be a "movie" and it failed at that.Doestn matter that the sets look creative and beautiful, it even doesnt matter that the VERY BEST of the current actors are starring in this picture, this GIMMICK style is nervewrecking to watch.Wes Anderson USED TO make movies with real characters, who were quirky, but still humanlike. NOW Wes Anderson (unfortunately) has become a victim of his own style, which is nothing less, nothing more than a TIRING GIMMICK.Write a book. Make a theatre play for petes sake. BUT IF you (try) to make a movie, PLEASE LET THE CHARACTERS BE REAL AND NOT BABBLING SPEEDREADING IDIOTS.Another failed Wes Anderson flick. Such a pity, because I really loved his earlier movies.
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