Wander

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Wander

R

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.

Critics Consensus

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

12/04/2020

2/4

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

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

12/02/2020

2.5/4

Admirably ambitious albeit ultimately bonkers...

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Jordan Mintzer

The Hollywood Reporter

09/18/2020

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.

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

12/27/2022

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.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

04/28/2021

1.5/4

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.

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John Serba

Decider

04/19/2021

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

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Kevin O.

@RT21738802 Jan 31

Was terrible hard to follow

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B-Dub T

@B-Dub Jan 13

I never made it past the woke message about how white people are bad and we should have open borders

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Papa R

@paparay74 Jan 11

Very good cast wasted. Director gets an A for effort but movie never gets there. Heather always crazy good.

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Cristian s

@cristiansj 05/17/2025

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.

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Paolo G

@RT09000941 08/11/2024

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

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William R

@willierod 04/14/2024

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

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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