[5] The film follows unhappily married woman Joanna 'Jo' Lisiecka who lives with her husband, sons, grandchild and mother with Alzheimer.

She teaches English in a small-town secondary school and is having a secret love affair with the father of one of her students.

[6] Film critic Ola Salwa of Cineuropa gave it a positive review praised Łukasz Grzegorzek's directing and Agata Buzek' performance writing: "Grzegorzek wrote his script with Agata Buzek in mind, and her performance is just brilliant.

"[7] Devika Girish of The New York Times also gave it a positive review writing: "Swirling around Buzek’s delicate, restrained performance, “My Wonderful Life” has a surprisingly breezy texture to it.

Shot with a hand-held camera in airy, diaphanous light, the film dwells as much in Jo and her family's everyday moments together as it probes the suspense and sorrows of her predicament.