The Wait

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The Wait

R

Released Jan 31, 2014

1h 36m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Two sisters (Jena Malone, Chloë Sevigny) grapple with feelings of belief and denial after a psychic calls to tell them that their recently deceased mother will soon be resurrected.

Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Ms. Sevigny is the unsteady center of a movie that uses awkward silences, cryptic dialogue and self-consciously arty images to signify emotional limbo.

Jan 30, 2014

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Sara Stewart

New York Post

The dialogue is so vague, and the plot so minimal, it all feels like a rather pointless exercise.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 30, 2014

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Annlee Ellingson

Los Angeles Times

Questions mount and answers are slim, distracted by a score that veers from synth to symphonic.

Jan 30, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

The type of gem you trot out when you want to share something offbeat and intelligent.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 29, 2019

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Amanda Waltz

The Film Stage

Visually, Blash does a excellent job portraying the character's quiet desperation, even if the symbolism sometimes verges on the obvious.

Rated: C+

Jun 21, 2016

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Mike D'Angelo

The Dissolve

When the climax finally arrives, it's a deliberate damp squib.

Rated: 2.0/5

Feb 6, 2014

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Audience Member

I don't know what I have just watched, It was gorgeous to look at, but difficult to comprehend. This movie was horrible and I did not liked it. With horrible boring dialogue scenes and worst acting that I have seen from Jena Malone. I did not like this film at all. So as that being said, for this being one film that lost my interest and just felt nothing at the end and felt it was a waste of time at the end. I give " The Wait " an F.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Raven D

Everything that`s wrong with too many "indie" movies. Irrational, absurd behavior/choices from the characters, weird, robotic dialogue that sounds like aliens in human suits talking to each other, artsy, lingering, predictable shots of nature and the back of people`s heads, and generally pretentious. Only watched 1 hour but doubt it can get better if the rest is anything like it. Will edit once I catch it again on tv. What a waste of 2 great actresses.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/07/17

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Audience Member

this is a bizarre movie that like a car crash on the highway, I couldn't stop looking but spoiler alert-shitty ending

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

A pointless message and no actual clear story behind the movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

I have seen thousands of films in my life, and this is quite possibly the worst one.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Completely engrossing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Synopsis

Two sisters (Jena Malone, Chloë Sevigny) grapple with feelings of belief and denial after a psychic calls to tell them that their recently deceased mother will soon be resurrected.

Director: M Blash
Producer: Ryan Crisman, Neil Kopp, David Guy Levy, Riel Roch-Decter
Screenwriter: M Blash
Distributor: Monterey Media
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Brief Nudity|Language|Drug Use)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 31, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.1K
Runtime: 1h 36m