Film Review – Daniela Forever

Loneliness and grief are common experiences that inspire a lot of cinematic offerings. The rough emotional ride of such events easily gives birth to stories investigating the confusion of personal loss, and the difficulty of processing such an experience. “Daniela Forever” is the latest from writer/director Nacho Vigalondo (“Colossal,” “Timecrimes,” “Open Windows”), who takes the basic concept of despair and tries to transform it into a fantasy take on denial and acceptance. The helmer means to get weird and somewhat poetic with the work, examining the state of mind of a man using dreams to reacquire the life he’s lost, only to learn more about it during his manufactured visits. It’s a timely tale of technology and human connection, and while Vigalondo doesn’t pursue pacing in the feature, he has a few sharp ideas on the future of coping, especially as our A.I.-infested world keeps expanding. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com