Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- festive
- broad
- absurd
- new year viewing
- family movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Five different stories are connected through anticipation of the upcoming New Year.
The cast includes a firefighter, auditor, performer, former paratrooper, and other broadly drawn ordinary figures in comic situations.
The upcoming New Year is the sole stated connective thread across the five stories.
The stories range from trying to save aliens to attempting to win a television game show.
Films like The Wonderland, and why
Yolki
episodic ensemble comedy built around intersecting everyday mishaps and holiday-season warmth
Yolki 2
Russian New Year comedy combining multiple storylines, broad humor, and ordinary characters facing festive complications
New Year's Eve
holiday anthology structure with disparate comic stories connected by seasonal anticipation
Movie Details
- Directors
- Dmitriy Dyachenko, Maxim Sveshnikov
- Release Date
- 2016-01-01
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Rating
- 4.8 / 10 (26)
Cast
- Leonid Barats
- Aleksandr Demidov
- Kamil Larin
- Rostislav Khait
- Elena Yakovleva
- Fyodor Dobronravov
- Timofey Tribuntsev
- Sergey Lavygin
- Vladislav Vetrov
- Pavel Vorozhtsov
Common questions
- What is The Wonderland about?
- Five loosely connected Russian comic stories unfold under the shared anticipation of New Year, moving from alien rescues to desperate game-show hopes.
- What is The Wonderland like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Wonderland as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Wonderland violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Wonderland.
- Which films are like The Wonderland?
- Films with a similar feel include Yolki, Yolki 2, and New Year's Eve.
- How long is The Wonderland?
- The Wonderland runs 80 minutes.
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