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By Kevin Fox, Jr. (26) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 27 Oct 2022

Wendell & Wild could get weighed down by these heavy themes, but its combination of satire and silliness keeps it light on its feet…

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By Kambole Campbell (73) for Empire (3,446) on 27 Oct 2022

Wendell & Wild marks the anarchic return of one of the most exciting directors in animation, retooling his idiosyncrasies in service of a boundary-pushing…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 27 Oct 2022

Fans of “Key & Peele” will love their latest duet…

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By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 27 Oct 2022

There’s a tug-of-war between plot and characters that always seems won by the former to the latter’s detriment…

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By Maya Phillips (33) for The New York Times (9,847) on 27 Oct 2022

The story lines feel far-flung and disconnected, and the limits and rules of this world’s magical logic are at turns underdeveloped and inconsistent…

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By Mark Kennedy (184) for The Associated Press (882) on 25 Oct 2022

Beneath it all is the story of a child’s love and guilt — and an education and judicial system letting her down — which propels her to…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 24 Oct 2022

The result is so bursting with sight and verbal gags, Afropunk aesthetics and socially conscious subversions that it can be too much to take…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 21 Oct 2022

You'll forgive the movie its cluttered shagginess because its universe is so strange — even an icy puddle is rendered exquisitely…

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By Tara Brady (805) for The Irish Times (483) on 21 Oct 2022

The cast is fun. And any addition to the Henry Selick canon is a welcome addition indeed. A future Halloween classic…

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By Mark Keizer (225) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 21 Oct 2022

Selick and Peele operate a bit at cross purposes in Wendell & Wild. The genius visualist wants to haunt our dreams…

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By Mark Hanson (70) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Sep 2022

Henry Selick’s flair for phantasmagorical sights is on full display, though Wendell & Wild’s excessively CGI-enhanced look is a far cry…

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By Emma Stefansky (22) for IndieWire (3,631) on 14 Sep 2022

The movie is a giddy joy, hilariously gross, and earnestly heartfelt, with the kind of icky-gooey attention to detail that makes Selick’s…

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By Chase Hutchinson (96) for Collider (1,032) on 14 Sep 2022

When it all comes together, Wendell & Wild ends up feeling liberating, both artistically and thematically, with top work from all involved…

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By Rafael Motamayor (108) for IGN (1,013) on 14 Sep 2022

Henry Selick returns to our screens with Wendell & Wild, a new stop-motion nightmare that brings an edgier and darker tone, more mature subjects,…

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By Esther Zuckerman (46) for Vanity Fair (761) on 14 Sep 2022

Even if Wendell and Wild, based on an unpublished novel Selick co-wrote, packs a little too much in, you can just sit back and enjoy the magic…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Sep 2022

For all the clever satirical touches and asides, the gorgeously intricate, wondrous stop-motion landscape is ultimately pure Selick, imbued…

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By Sarah Milner (17) for Slashfilm (971) on 14 Sep 2022

Wendell & Wild is a triumph — in terms of animation, of representation, and of being very, very fun to watch…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 Sep 2022

The picture clangs clumsily for stretches, particularly in its second half; Selick is trying to merge the doomy darkness of “Coraline”…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 14 Sep 2022

Although the film’s different realms are all imaginatively designed — as are the looks of the characters themselves — Wendell & Wild…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for The Guardian (2,969) on 14 Sep 2022

The more characters Selick has to work with, the more room there is for his deliciously strange and comic visual craft…

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