Film Review – Wander Darkly

Writer/director Tara Miele (“Gone Missing,” “Starving in Suburbia”) endeavors to make something mysterious with “Wander Darkly.” Inspired by the films of Nicolas Roeg, Miele attempts her own take on love and loss with the material, exploring a woman’s experience with death and denial as she revisits moments from her life, achieving a greater understanding of her complicated past. Miele’s idea is to keep viewers in the dark, concentrating on stinging emotions that come with relationships, motherhood, and identity, saving illumination for the final reel. While well-intentioned, “Wander Darkly” spends too much time in the shadows, becoming an actor’s showcase instead of a gripping understanding of confusion, lacking a sustained level of suspense to support what becomes a painfully melodramatic movie. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com