‘Wayward’ Review: Toni Collette Leads a Quirky Cult for Kids in Mae Martin’s Curious Netflix Thriller

'Wayward' review: Toni Collette stirs tension in gnarly Netflix mini-series

Beware: Mae Martin's teen drama demands to be binge-watched.

‘Wayward’ Review: Toni Collette Leads a Quirky Cult for Kids in Mae Martin’s Curious Netflix Thriller

The new Netflix series 'Wayward' is a mystery-thriller about a therapeutic school that's harsh 'treatments' prompt scary questions for a new deputy.

Watch Trailer For New Mae Martin Thriller Wayward

There's a change of direction for comedian Mae Martin, whose new project is Wayward, a thriller for Netflix co-starring Toni Collette. “I often talk around adolescence or I write characters who are processing their teens. It was such an intense time for me, and is for everyone, but I've always known I wanted to more directly dive into that time and all the visceral feelings of adolescence,” Martin says. Tags:  Netflix

Wayward Review: An Interesting and Engaging Thriller About the Pains of Trauma

Wayward Review: When Alex moves to the idyllic small town of Tall Pines, he hoped for a new beginning with his pregnant wife, Laura. However, what starts off as a hope for an easy life turns into something sinister as he gets deeper into the town’s school for troubled teens. Wayward Netflix Cast Mae Martin, Brandon Jay McLaren, Sarah Gadon, Patrick J. Adams, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Patrick Gallagher, Sydney Topliffe, Joshua Close, Toni Collette Way…

Wayward Review and Synopsis

The new Netflix streaming series Wayward may be the first series that made me feel like I was trapped, like most of the cast, with no escape. Billed as a genre-bending mashup of coming-of-age comedy and rebellious, dehumanizing institutional control, the series seems to play with the audience’s patience, almost gleefully. A series like Wayward, which draws inspiration, albeit to a lesser extent, from shows such as Twin Peaks, The Leftovers, and …