“The most intriguing world-building since
THE MATRIX”
— Erick Kohn
“THE WANTING MARE is both sparse and luscious, kind and harsh, filled with longing, anger, and love. It is a poetic fable wrapped in a strange fantastical futurism, one which escapes easy definition yet envelopes the viewer in a cold and brilliant light.”
— Shelagh Rowan-Legg
“Film geekdom: meet Nicholas Ashe Bateman. As of this writing, THE WANTING MARE is the most impressive bit of filmmaking I’ve seen in 2020.”
— Scott Wampler
“THE WANTING MARE will blow your mind.”
— Brian Truitt
USA TODAY
“Evocative. Stunning. Thoughtful. Spellbinding.”
— Sarah Musnicky
EDITOR/ NIGHTMARISH CONJURINGS
“Haunting and Poetic”
Noel Murray
“Do we live in such a time? The question invites contemplation of the scope of past and future; a sense of deep time suffuses this film, even as it preoccupies itself with the course of individual human lives and the ways that we come to reevaluate the people we once were.”
-Jennie Kermode
“We know we’re not in Kansas anymore. Bateman projects his own ancestral lineage through a fantasy prism to manufacture a world that speaks about our shortcomings and promise with the power of silent understanding between characters awakening from futility’s cold slumber right before our eyes.”
— Jared Mobarek
“The Wanting Mare is an achingly beautiful, original take on fantasy”
-Stephanie Cole
“A dreamy, dazzling fantasy debut. Every so often a movie comes along that leaves you breathless. As if you wandered into a dream and don’t want to leave…”
Lindsey Romain
“Exquisitely elusive, a love dream that slips through your fingers as you reach for it, made with ingenuity and stunning clarity of vision.”
— Isaac Feldberg
“The Wanting Mare is a lyrical fantasy unlike any I’ve seen”
— Terry Mesnard
“The Wanting Mare provides a brilliantly crafted atmospheric fable that results in a truly transcendent experience that deserves to be known as a modern classic.”
-Diego Andaluz
“this heartbreaking film about contentment, heartbreak, and the magical world that has so much to teach us. It is just what the world needs right now.”
— Tracy Palmer
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