Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows

Wander Darkly Reviews

Not to worry. The phoney-baloney sunbeams can't mar the dark magic of what's gone before.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 17, 2021

The fluidity of Tamara Meem and Alex O'Flinn's editing here is astonishing, and heavily reminiscent of 2004's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - though director Tara Miele never pushes for the same level of absurdity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 12, 2021

Miller is at the heart of the film; her natural and believable performance touches so many emotions, and makes them all look so real.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 3, 2021

An ambitious failure.

| Mar 2, 2021

What makes you stick with this is the presence of Miller and Luna. They keep us rooting for them even when the film strays too far.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 17, 2020

There are some moments when it doesn't quite work, but the casting of the two leads really is what makes it work [overall]. The chemistry between Sienna Miller and Diego Luna is convincing.

| Dec 12, 2020

Some of it got a little too cutesy and sentimental towards the end... But for the lead performances alone, I think it is worth watching.

| Dec 12, 2020

What really keeps Wander Darkly together is yet another convoluted, conflicted, and honest performance from Miller.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2020

"Wander Darkly" does allow for multiple readings, which is good, but at some point, viewers may become exhausted trying to delineate reality, and let the film just play out.

| Dec 11, 2020

Adrienne and Matteo are, even as insular indie couples go, poorly developed.

| Dec 11, 2020

What could have been a profound study of grief and psychological trauma is diluted with needless structural and stylistic obfuscation.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 11, 2020

The film's greatest strength is the pairing of Miller and Luna, an immensely charismatic duo who give Adrienne and Matteo's relationship (not to mention her metaphysical crisis) credibility even where Miele's script does not.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 11, 2020

[A] beautiful film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 11, 2020

Although the whole thing's a bit of a jumble, the L.A.-set film becomes more immersive as we slowly adjust to its ambitious conceit and unique rhythms.

| Dec 10, 2020

For the most part it's confusing. Watching it feels like too much work for too little reward.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 8, 2020

Wander Darkly remains a potent romantic drama with some thrilling elements.

| Feb 12, 2020

Some may find this a path too well trodden by other movies, but what's refreshing is to see it through the eyes of a female protagonist for a change.

| Feb 5, 2020

Miele directs her two leads to excellent performances, and she's willing to take risks as a filmmaker.

| Jan 28, 2020

"Wander Darkly" will emotionally devastate anyone who believes in soulmates, leaving them in a gulf of tears.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 26, 2020

There's good stuff here, deep and dark and winsome and weird, but Miele gets lost in her wanderings, taking her film along with it.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 26, 2020

Load More