The Wait




Metaphor and opacity get a workout in The Wait, an inscrutable drama of commingled supernatural and psychological elements, starring ChloĆ« Sevigny and Jena Malone as at-odds sisters coping with the death of their mother. Writer-director M. Blash marshals considerable atmospheric forces, but his film collapses under the weight of oblique logic and plotting, lacking in either effective emotional payoff or the more skilled observational touch of a rumination on loss. The Wait leaves viewers poised on a precipice, waiting for a revelation or catharsis that never comes. For the full, original review from Screen Daily, click here. (Monterey Media, R, 97 minutes)