Imagine a bingo card of Sundance-y indie movie clichés: adults engaging in illicit affairs with teenagers, middle-class matriarchs hiding dark secrets, tinkling piano scores to signal emotional gravity. Debra Eisenstadt’s suburban drama “Imaginary Order” would undoubtedly check off the boxes on the surface and have you declaring your victory, a neat row of squares exed through. And yet, despite the film’s reliance on some of the film festivals most tired tropes, “Imaginary Order” manages to reignite the world of housewives gone rogue regardless.

Continue reading ‘Imaginary Order’: Wendi McLendon-Covey Delivers A Gutting Performance In An Familiar Indie Drama [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.