Not a horse or a real plotline in sight. Some lovely post work though. But acting not god enough to pull off the 'wanting' of a real script. I am very forgiving with films, and appreciate great arthouse pieces-- but this--- it just dragged. And I literally came for the horses!

I liked the film even though I'm not totally sure I understood it. It's like a tone poem, not unlike Terrence Malick's work. The visuals are beautiful and the backdrops are mostly CGI, but in the best kind of way, really giving a sense of a place as mysterious as it's meant to be. The DP has a good sense of style with it all too, and I especially love the dead center wide shots. The story is rather impenetrable, obtuse and opaque. Ultimately, that's to the film's detriment. But the mood and the sense of an underlying, albeit under-served, philosophy and tale, make it worth the viewing if you're in the mood for an ethereal slow mystical burn.

"Boring" and "slow" seem to be adjectives used by reviews who maybe have no imagination, who couldn't with with themselves and the movie and get lost in the mystery of it all. I liked being able to fill in the spaces with what I believed was happening in this mythical world. I liked the time to reflect on the poetic images. In this age of reality tv obsessed brains, I think this movie dares us to change our pace and what we expect out of a viewing experience. I look forward to more worlds from this director.

I did not like The Wanting Mare. It is terribly slow and is too artsy for it's own good. If you like not knowing what's going on for an hour and a half, definitely watch this movie!

There seems to be a sub-genre of thoughtful Sci Fi these days (think "The Wall," "Bokeh"), that also seem to be retrovirally in love with their own sad, lonely sh*t. Lots of lofty ideas and pretty shots, but like other pro reviewers have said about this film, it's all surface, it's logic doesn't really wash or we're never given enough OF said stories, and in this case the filmmaker never delves into the MEAT of anything at all. Yes, it felt like a very arty, overly-long Outer Limits episode. Whoop de doo.