William Edgar (Jimmy Levar) is having trouble sleeping because every time he closes his eyes, he has a vision of a beautiful woman named Ophelia (Christina Chu-Ryan) that he cannot get out of his head. He’s been to a psychiatrist that tries to help him but it doesn’t help and he realises that there’s nothing else for it – he has to find Ophelia. Although only having a picture to go on, his search for the woman in his dreams may be harder to find than he thought.

Finding Ophelia is the feature directorial debut of Stephen Rutterford, who not only wrote and directed, but served as cinematographer and editor as well. However, it seems that cinematography is where Rutterford’s talents lie because although Finding Ophelia is visually stunning, it falls down on the simplistic writing of characters and plot.

There are many reasons to enjoy Finding Ophelia if you like uniquely visual directors like Zack Snyder and David Lynch, but those who are looking for more of a story with interesting characters then they may want to look elsewhere.

Also, there are times where the film goes out into broad daylight and unfortunately this takes away from the artistic flair of the film. Whereas Rutterford’s vision may have been one to keep his audience in a certain mood and tell a story, there can be little cracks which may be due to budget.

Finding Ophelia’s leading actors are also as visually stunning as Rutterford’s cinematography, but overall, there really isn’t much there in character and so Levar is left constantly running around, making the audience where he’s going.

The audience may also never know whether William’s journey is real or not adding to the dreamlike state and so there doesn’t really feel like there are any stakes or that what William finds will be really worth it.

There are some interesting aspects of horror along the way, but Finding Ophelia never really holds onto it for too long, making it feel at odds when the twist in the story is finally revealed. Finding Ophelia may look pretty, but its running time feels too long for the story it wants to tell which may leave audiences unsatisfied.

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