Wander

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Wander

R

Released Dec 4, 2020

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

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Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones and Heather Graham star in the edge-of-your-seat thriller following Arthur Bretnik, a paranoid private investigator with a troubled past. After Bretnik (Eckhart) is hired to investigate a suspicious death in the town of Wander, he becomes convinced the case is linked to the same ‘conspiracy cover up’ that caused the death of his daughter.

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Wander benefits from Aaron Eckhart's strong leading performance, but his efforts aren't enough to support the story's increasingly cuckoo twists and turns.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

[Wander] is kind of a drag at times, despite the energy director Mullen puts into the scenario's depiction.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 4, 2020

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Admirably ambitious albeit ultimately bonkers...

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 2, 2020

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Jordan Mintzer

The Hollywood Reporter

Perhaps the biggest problem with Wander is that, as much as it tools with the viewer until the very last shot, tossing out tons of red herrings and false leads, it never really trusts in the viewer's intelligence.

Sep 18, 2020

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

With no emotional stakes and a confusing central conspiracy, Wander is a thriller without thrills and a political statement that doesn’t know what it wants to say.

Dec 27, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

One of the lamest episodes of The X-Files never made, Wander actually brings to mind the name of Mad magazine's spoof of the cult series. Just call this The Ecch-Files.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 28, 2021

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John Serba

Decider

Wander tries to be a taut thriller, but after a while, it just wears you down.

Apr 19, 2021

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Cristian s

Tiene momentos confusos y que rozan el absurdo pero sabiendo el tema de conspiraciones se entiende porque va así. Aunque la trama tiene algún bache el ritmo y las buenas actuaciones la mantienen a flote. Los últimos 5 minutos diría que son los mejores.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/17/25

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Paolo G

a wasted opportunity. Aaron eckart gives a strong acting (more than other times) for a weak and messed up story. From the moment the character declares jimmy's death, the director turns on himself to create a game of rebounds and surprises that fails. Instead of confusing the viewer to show him a reality different from what was expected, he confuses everything resulting not very believable and the plot twist is worse than the confusion. The ending with the pressing soundtrack irritates even more. But anyway Aaron Eckart and TL Jones playing together are better than noting

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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William R

Things just didn't add up, we need it Scully and Mulder to came and save the film

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Terence K

It reminded of a "beautiful mind" it is wasn't for the acting this movie would be worse. lol.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Merissa'yah

I thought the movie was great! Sad, eye opening and packed with action!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/05/23

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Dave H

An interesting study in how bad a movie can turn. It starts strong but reveals its main themes and characters way too late in the game and rushes to catch up with itself ultimately taking the suspense of "crazy or not?" way too far. The exposition is heavy handed, the raison d'etre of the town of Wander is barely touched and could have been so much more fleshed out. It ends up just a mish mash of loose ends and half thoughts.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/29/23

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Synopsis

Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones and Heather Graham star in the edge-of-your-seat thriller following Arthur Bretnik, a paranoid private investigator with a troubled past. After Bretnik (Eckhart) is hired to investigate a suspicious death in the town of Wander, he becomes convinced the case is linked to the same ‘conspiracy cover up’ that caused the death of his daughter.

Director: April Mullen
Producer: Jason Allison, Mary Aloe, Tim Doiron, Douglas Falconer, April Mullen, Andre Relis, James van der Woerd, Chad A. Verdi
Screenwriter: Tim Doiron
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Falconer Pictures, Aloe Entertainment, Ironic Misnomer, The Wander Film, Circle 4 Entertainment, Petra Pictures, Verdi Productions, Don Kee Productions, WANGO Films
Rating: R (Violence and Bloody Images)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 4, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 4, 2020
Runtime: 1h 33m

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