The Wanting Mare

I'm giving the movie 5 stars for its visual effects, done primarily in Photoshop, After Effects and Blender, and the acting, which was good. Unfortunately, as so often happens, the problem starts with the script. After watching the entire film very carefully, I'm not exactly sure what it was trying to say. There are obviously plenty of metaphors floating about, too many by half.

Oh, and the director doesn't know where he shot some of the movie. In the end credits, and in an interview with Befores & Afters magazine, he repeatedly refers to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia as "Novia" Scotia. Spelling, like directing, is hard.

'The Wanting Mare' is a slow, seemingly dull movie with no apparent story and no characters, at least not in the traditional sense. It is very pleasing to the eye though. It's less of a movie and more of an art piece rendered in cinematic format that tries to capture the concept of dream. It has more in common with a static piece of art, like a sculpture or a painting, than with anything that has a narrative. Bare that in mind when you sit down to watch it, and you won't regret the experience.

I'm a fan of obscure stuff, but this was something else. Watch the behind the scenes on youtube, it's much more interesting. A little tip for the filmmaker: people usually watch a movie for it's story. In this one there is literally zero of it, it could be a random camera test for all I know.

This movie abandons traditional narrative structure and, instead, seems to read like a visual interpretation of a poem. Characters come and go, strain within the most tenuous of relationships, questions remain unanswered, and dialogue is spare to see the least. With each character sketched more so than developed, I can understand the hostile reaction of most reviews here. But 'The Wanting Mare' is a consistently beautiful and gentle experience and, if a western visual education can be abandoned, there is much with which to be rewarded.

I need some point of reference!

In this movie there is no place, no time, no character building of consequence.

Yes, I was lost. Watched the whole movie without a clue!