How I Live Now (2013)
Directed by Kevin Macdonald
An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.
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With Wonder, he has help from Jack Thorne (How I Live Now) and Steve Conrad (creator of the relentlessly darkly comedic Amazon original series, Patriot) in adapting R.J. Palacio’s novel.
Audiences will be able to pinpoint the exact moment at which The 5th Wave starts to buckle under its franchise obligations, as well as the debts it owes to recent entries in this genre, from Kevin MacDonald’s more nightmarish How I Live Now to Gavin Hood’s Ender’s Game adaptation.
The entire cast, down to those who are only on screen for moments, are painted in the broadest strokes and their characters are communicated perfectly, from baker’s apprentice Agatha (Saoirse Ronan, How I Live Now) to lawyer Kovacs (Jeff Goldblum, Le Week-End).