The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

I said that last year's Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Aage Childhood was probably the closest thing we had to a book with moving pictures. Well Wes Anderson said "hold my beer" and decided to make this. An absolutely stunning depiction of Roal Dahl's short story, and an absolutely perfect vehicle for Anderson's signature style. The only way this doesn't win best short film at the Academy Awards is due to some technicality.

A delightful menage of story, stage and film. There is so much going on, and so many deliberate highlightings, and such frequent scenery changing that I feel I will need at least one more watch. Anderson always offers a mix of seeming amateurism and professionlism, but his time both aspects were crafted in front of my eyes - often literally. Like the "stage hands" appearing "by accident", till you notice how stereotypically stagehand-y they look, and how much they reveal about movie-making.

It's about as good as the book + a kind of play/theatre style. It's a video book.

Sometimes I wish I could live in a Wes Anderson's movie

faithful to the original without losing anderson's flair. very well paced, a bite-sized movie. short films are underrated.

I wasn't a fan of the stylistic choice of narrating what the viewer saw. None of his films are my cup of tea. I still wanted to check this one out because the theme sounded cool. So dull, it hurts.

Just a magnificent, smart, intellectually engaging directing showpiece. His updated wall-breaking, self-knowing style has been established with Asteroid City and put to better/further use here. With the richness of history and art at his disposal, he is still "putting on a show". Right now, Anderson is the best filmmaker in the world.

I liked this more than Asteroid City, but that's probably because it has less time to grate on me. I respect the set design and visual flair immensely. But listening to someone say what was going on as they looked at the viewer wasn't a stylistic choice that appealed to me. Despite how good everything looked, it still managed to be more "tell, don't show," which is a risky endeavour in a visual medium anyway. Anderson's trademark dialogue/delivery zapped any soul it might have had. Didn't care.

These short films have some good moments, but other moments drag and some of the staging of the stories can be weird occasionally. The actors do a good job with the material. Overall I liked this film but it is far from my favourite work from Wes Anderson.

Roald Dahl kaleminden çok anlamlı bir hikaye ve Wes Anderson objektifinden, muazzam emek içeren bir film. Tek eleştirim şu olacak, gösterme anlat derler ya, bu film çok başarılı bir şekilde gösteriyor tamam ama anlatıyor da, hem de taramalı tüfek gibi. Bu tekniği hiç sevmiyorum zira bu da kafa, sonuçta edebiyattan beslense de ortadaki ürün bir sinema filmi, normalde tercih etmememe rağmen filmi dublaja çevirdim. Onun dışında keyifli bir film.

It was a fun retelling.

Roald Dahl: "Hmm, yes. Here we are in the hut where I write. I've been in this hut for thirty years now. What is important before I start, I like to make sure I have every around me that I need. Um, cigarettes, of course. Some coffee, chocolates... And always make sure I have a sharp pencil, before I start."

The longest short film I've ever seen, and I mean that both literally and figuratively.

A wonderful, very Wes Anderson story. It is told as if the characters were reading to us, with theatrical sets, playful cinematography, and a definitively Andersonian color palette and charming characters.

Enjoyed it quite a bit, but unsure if I've read the story before. Everything feel eerily familiar. Has this influenced me in a way I am unaware of?

audiovisual 83 acting 72 overall feeling 66 avg 74

eng; [the wonderful story of henry sugar]; ein Mann entdeckt ein Buch das sein Leben verändert - es handelt um meditativen sehen mit geschlossenen Augen.; (schöner kunstfilm)

Personally this is the first time I see a film that is fast paced and gets the moral of the story in a fun, intriguing, and exciting way. I couldn't get enough of it. Yet I believe this story. I was so compelled by it I even got a candle stick and measured it the same amount it said in the book. The matter of concentration needed to focus on one thing, one imagine is very hard. But as time went on I actually began to be a able to block out everything else. I still want to keep doing it.

It's an okay story, but the narrative is too gimmicky to Anderson's own detriment. Unless you are of the congregation that thinks that a story can be subservient to narrative and visual tools. Personally, I think Anderson's style here is suited for a fast-paced TikTok-esque creation that crams emotionally pivotal scenes into a sprint, opting out of a marathon. I'm not stating either one is superior to the other, I just prefer the latter.

Best fitted to Wes Anderson's style and the most actual movie out of the shorts. The touching story and the charme of Cumberbatch definitely help.

The only one of the shorts that I would fully recommend, probably because it allows itself a little room to breathe.

A wonderful little story indeed. It's impressively light and breezy for what is in actuality quite a complicated plot that dives four layers deep into stories within stories and features all of its cast members in multiple roles in a charming way

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Aesthetically pleasing, witty and enjoyable little movie.

Of this series, I've only seen the Rat Catcher before this one. Henry Sugar, unlike the Rat Catcher, had a fun enough story that it sucked me in and the storybook nature of this film ended up working pretty well.

This was sooo much fun, is the little things that get me: the box painted the same color as the background to look like they are floating, yes!!! I want that in every movie from now on

Roald Dahl and Wes Anderson are a match made in heaven, as the author's uniquely weird words are brought to life in this short, which almost feels like more of a play. Anderson uses his trademark visual style to great effect here, but I really appreciated how he let the classic author's words be the star of the show.

I am not a big fan of movies with constant narration. If you can tolerate such things, this is not entirely awful.

Nowhere near as good as the book. Didn't add anything

OMG what a great tribute to the AMAZING best children's author Roald Dahl. I was absolutely mesmerized by this man's writing as a child, and judging by the amazing cast, so were the actors back in time :). What a lovely, weird, type of movie. What a great experiment, which I enjoyed very much. Thank you very much for making this piece of art. The story was very funny, and very much like Roald Dahl at the same time. Thank you to everyone involved and to anyone that watched this!

The style is precise, pleasant, and fresh... for about five minutes. It isn't bad, just lackluster. Wes Anderson has gotten so precious, and worst of all, so tired. He needs to get past the gimmicks, slow down, and engage his audience (humanity) again.

The best of Wes’ Netflix shorts by some distance, not least simply because Henry Sugar is the most complete story of the four. I loved it. Sweet and thoughtful, achingly pretty and beautifully constructed.

Hem filme sinir olup, hem de sevecen 1 eser bırakması çok ilginç. Roald Dahl'ın Henry Sugar hikayesini izlediğimiz kısa film, Wes Anderson'un harika dünyasındaki ilginç yerlere götürüyor. Film setlerinin harikalığı 1 yana, karakterleri de çok eksantrik. Yalnız o hızlı konuşma tekniğini kullanmasa. Benedict Cumberbatch sen ne tatlı 1 yalansın. 40 dakikalık filmi de 1 solukta izlersiniz. Filmin sonunda, Henry Sugar sizlere ömür. İmdat Kaan.

2023'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 173. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Oyuncu kadrosu olağanüstü. Hikayeyi okur gibi. 8/10

Cumberbatch revisits his Sherlock performance for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Anderson and Dahl's works are both a unique blend of quirk and charm, and I'm still not convinced they play well together, but this offering is an amusing take. The pace is a little rushed, and at times the matter-of-fact narration gets a little annoying. Enjoyable overall.

With this slate of Roald Dahl shorts and this year's earlier release of Asteroid City, it's becoming obvious how bored Anderson has become with a single medium or format. He's more interested in blending them together now, moving sets like a stage play, giving narration direct to the camera/audience, but also making the audience imagine props now -- all we have is Dahl's narration, so it'd be no different than if we were reading the story itself. Fascinating if not sometimes awkward.

WA's finest hour in a while, as both the length and material fit his jewel box stylings like a glove.

The pastel interactive sets, the charming formality of the interactions, and the tightly crafted plot are all top notch Wes Anderson. It's telling that it's the things that feel like an evolution of his craft that work well. The experimentation less so. The 4th wall breaking narration and frequent eye contact with the camera unfortunately feels a little too performative. Reusing actors in different roles was a nice touch of theater though.

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I was nervous, as this is my absolute favorite childhood Roald Dahl story. Turns out the Wes Anderson's self-conscious meta-ironic style is the perfect vehicle for this embedded narrative/play-within-a-play-within-a-play. It leaves the experience of reading the original short story intact, as it stands back and reads along with you adding a fourth (or fifth? I lose count) layer. Bonkers!

02/OCT/2023

Wes Anderson doing Wes Anderson better than he has for a long while. The short format works for him here.

This must be the origin story of those people who can speedrun Super Mario Bros. blindfolded.

metalanguage really well-done.. i'm still super into wes anderson's style, though

Piece of art

This and "Poison" are a step up from Anderson's two latest features.

Watched while coming up way faster than I was expecting on four grams of mushrooms. Saw a lot of Benedict Cumberbatch’s skull. Highly recommend

Almost non-stop storytelling with little visual help, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is quite different than what we are accustomed to. Doesn't feel like a true Wes Anderson's movie either.

It was more like a movie directed by someone else who loves Wes Anderson too much.

Better than Asteroid City bullshit, but holy cow, when are we going to see a decent Wes Anderson movie again? Not a single decent movie in about 10 years

Eu já disse que já deu de Wes Anderson, mas vi esse porque sou apaixonada pelo Cumberbatch desde Sherlock. É razoavelmente fiel ao conto do Dahl, mas realmente não consigo tolerar mais o estilo do Anderson. Cumberbatch foi brilhante na verborragia como sempre, ele é um desses atores que conseguem falar sem parar um texto por horas, mas já deu pra mim. YTS.

Extremely fun! Doesn’t really offer any kind of huge surprises if you’re familiar with all the creative minds involved, but just a great time. I read the story as a kid but had almost completely forgotten it so I really enjoyed it all coming back to me in real time.

It was good but I'm kinda tired of Wes Anderson at this point, ngl.

A very inventive, imaginative and pleasurable production, as always from this filmmaker, but the story, while superficially amusing, was a bit too much of a throwaway.