wonderstruck

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Every “Pinocchio” is some wonderstruck filmmaker’s hope that their carved, sculpted and painted version of Italian author Carlo Collodi’s 140-year-old story about a manufactured boy will be accepted as a real movie someday.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

I got married a couple of years ago, but the happiest and most wonderstruck I’ve seen my mother in the past half-decade is when she saw me eat Korean barbecue with her at a restaurant.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2018

The original story is more wonderstruck than funny, but the film’s humor is very rough and lively.

From The Verge • May 31, 2018

A few moments remain cringeworthy, but at many other points, Reed seems genuinely stirred by Havel and wonderstruck by the role his songs had played in such a monumental historical moment.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2017

Widener library was the largest I had ever seen, and for a few minutes I forgot the past year and stared up at it, wonderstruck.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover