Overhead view of car on freeways & streets; the first of many signs of a cheap production. Flashbacks with time or scene jumps were excessive if not confusing. Thus a vague muddled storyline. Didn't buy the premise.
Wander Darkly
2020
Action / Drama
Wander Darkly
2020
Action / Drama
75% - Critics
72% - Audience
5.7Plot summary
Despite going through the motions of milestone events similar to couples at their stage, such as buying a house together, and having their first child - a daughter named Ellie - unmarried Matteo and Adrienne could probably not admit to either him/herself or to the other that he/she is truly happy with their life together. The emerging problems by these milestones only highlight existing problems, such as the issue of exes, and the intense dislike and mistrust between her mother Patty and him. A traumatic incident leads to both going on a metaphysical journey of their lives together - their future based on how their life has been so far, and a revisiting of their past and what key moments actually meant in knowing what they know now. Each goes into this journey with a different mindset due to their different beliefs of their current state of being. The questions become whether they will emerge from the journey at all, and if they do whether the journey itself will lead them to a path of true happiness as a couple/family.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Diego Luna as Matteo
Sienna Miller as Adrienne
Ayden Mayeri as Summer
Vanessa Bayer as Maggie
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 890.71 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
R
Movie Reviews
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Muddled
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Truth in the Story and Twist in the End!
I would have rated this at a 5 but give it a 7 as the director actually lived the idea in the plot (director's commentary) and so has first hand knowledge. That fact always gives it a nudge upwards for me as there is truth in the story and not just there for entertainment. Sometimes truth in the story is not compatible with better pacing in a film, but for me reality wins out every time. If it starts to drag a bit, keep at it as the ending is worth the wait.
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purgatory first half
Married couple Adrienne (Sienna Miller) and Matteo (Diego Luna) has a car accident. She seems to be dead as she exists in purgatory living out one memory after another.
The first half struggles to find a narrative drive. It needs a mystery, a goal, or a point to the story. In a way, it's stuck in purgatory like the protagonist. There is a mystery to be had if the film doesn't start with her in a morgue drawer. The first half could be her struggling to figure out if she's dead. The second half does find a couple of points and it gets interesting. All in all, there is some fine acting and this is a fine small indie.