{"id":541043,"date":"2026-07-09T13:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/541043\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:24:14","slug":"florence-pughs-brilliant-period-drama-with-toby-jones-is-the-netflix-movie-to-watch-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/541043\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence Pugh’s “brilliant” period drama with Toby Jones is the Netflix movie to watch tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the release of the trailer<\/a> for Dune: Part Three yesterday, now is as good a time as any to delve into some lesser-known Florence Pugh projects. Released in 2022, period drama The Wonder sees her paired up with none other than Toby Jones.<\/p>\n

Set shortly after the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845 to 1852, the film follows an English nurse who travels to a rural Irish village which is still grappling with the after-effects of the famine.<\/p>\n

Her mission is to investigate a girl who supposedly hasn’t eaten a single thing for four months yet seems perfectly healthy, and discovers a dark truth.<\/p>\n

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Netflix<\/p>\n

Who’s in The Wonder?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Florence Pugh (Thunderbolts, Don’t Worry Darling) as Lib
\u2022 K\u00edla Lord Cassidy (Savage House) as Anna O’Donnell
\u2022 Tom Burke (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga) as William Byrne
\u2022 Niamh Algar (The Virtues) as Kitty O’Donnell\/The Narrator
\u2022 Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs the Post Office) as Dr McBrearty
\u2022 Ciar\u00e1n Hinds (Game of Thrones) as Father Thaddeus<\/p>\n

\"toby<\/p>\n

Aidan Monaghan\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n

What did critics say about The Wonder?<\/p>\n

On Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, The Wonder has a very impressive score of 84% positive from 172 critic reviews.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal<\/a> wrote that the film “provide[s] a fresh reminder of the power of visual storytelling”, while Slant Magazine<\/a> called it “a powerful study of the way in which people are cloistered by their own stories”.<\/p>\n

“A drama this ambitious demands a fearless performer like Florence Pugh, who knows exactly the tightrope to walk when it comes to the story’s delicate balance between realism and melodrama”, reads RogerEbert.com<\/a>‘s review.<\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a> agreed, writing that “Pugh’s sensuality, passion and human sympathy are the driving forces” behind the film’s success.<\/p>\n

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Netflix<\/p>\n

Where can I watch The Wonder?<\/p>\n

The Wonder released as a Netflix exclusive, and that is how it has stayed.<\/p>\n

Other Florence Pugh movies to stream now<\/p>\n

Obviously the aforementioned Dune: Part Three isn’t even out in cinemas yet, let alone streaming, but Dune: Part Two can currently be streamed with a Prime subscription.<\/p>\n

Thunderbolts*, also known as The New Avengers, can be streamed on Disney+, while Don’t Worry Darling is available via HBO Max.<\/p>\n

If Netflix is all you’ve got at the moment, you can also see Pugh in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, which was recently added to the service.<\/p>\n

The Wonder is available to stream via Netflix now.<\/p>\n

Visit our Streaming Guide<\/a> now to see at a glance where you can view ALL your favourite shows and movies.<\/p>\n

The new edition of Living Legends, celebrating the global phenomenon of BTS, is here! Buy this ultimate fan guide in newsagents or online<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he’s covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I’m a Fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the release of the trailer for Dune: Part Three yesterday, now is as good a time as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[131124,215598,1105,229922,1107,93,61,60,184510,1135,270,229921,223989],"class_list":["post-541043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-netflix-movies","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-013dd392-da8d-4836-9af0-5e521d844413","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-florence-pughs-film-with-toby-jones-is-one-to-watch-tonight","tag-sponsored-false"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}