Meander
A grieving woman must navigate a deadly artificial maze whose traps turn physical survival into an unsettling test of memory, suffering, and salvation.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- claustrophobic
- eerie
- oppressive
- late night horror viewing
- contained thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an effectively tense science fiction horror exercise, with sound design and inventive trap-driven suspense standing out despite its familiar Cube-like premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lisa awakens inside a controlled tunnel system and must infer its structure while moving through successive traps.
The lethal maze is connected to Lisa's mourning and struggle to come to terms with the past.
Critical commentary specifically highlights the sound design, while the tunnel setting limits Lisa's sight and movement.
The film's stated concerns include salvation, death, and the possibility of an afterlife without resolving them through conventional exposition.
Films like Meander, and why
Cube
contained death-game science fiction, puzzle-like traps, and claustrophobic survival horror
Escape Room
claustrophobic survival horror built around lethal confinement and psychological distress
Oxygen
minimalist science fiction horror focused on bodily peril, isolation, and existential uncertainty
Buried
intense enclosed-space thriller with escalating physical challenges and limited information
Movie Details
- Director
- Mathieu Turi
- Release Date
- 2021-07-01
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (494)
Cast
- Gaia Weiss
- Peter Franzén
- Romane Libert
- Frédéric Franchitti
- Corneliu Dragomirescu
- Eva Niewdanski
- Carl Laforêt
- Fabien Houssaye
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Meander about?
- A grieving woman must navigate a deadly artificial maze whose traps turn physical survival into an unsettling test of memory, suffering, and salvation.
- What is Meander like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Meander as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Meander violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Meander as graphic.
- What did critics think of Meander?
- Critics broadly found the film an effectively tense science fiction horror exercise, with sound design and inventive trap-driven suspense standing out despite its familiar Cube-like premise.
- Which films are like Meander?
- Films with a similar feel include Cube, Escape Room, Oxygen, and Buried.
- How long is Meander?
- Meander runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Meander?
- In United States, Meander streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
