Wish I Was Here
Focus Features | Release Date: July 18, 2014
7.4
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AgronomatosOct 14, 2014
A very good film with love without mushiness, comedy without being idiot, and Zach Braf is amazing with a real touch of him on the realisation and in his character. The casting is just incredible. Don't miss it. It deserve 2 hours of your life.
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FyanElMar 16, 2015
"Wish I Was Here" is a very inspiring film that was relatable to real life situations & crisis. Not many scenes that were meant for the audience to laugh, but the plot was splendid & moving. As a Zach Braff fan, I think he did a great job in"Wish I Was Here" is a very inspiring film that was relatable to real life situations & crisis. Not many scenes that were meant for the audience to laugh, but the plot was splendid & moving. As a Zach Braff fan, I think he did a great job in both directing & acting in this film.… Expand
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9
AlexDezJul 30, 2014
I REALLY don't want to spoil this movie, so here is couple of things about it.
Great Soundtrack. Movie is not boring and pretty funny. Watch it! You won't regret it
It's magnificent on my opinion.
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5
TVJerryAug 2, 2014
This is the project that Zach Braff co-wrote/directed/stars in and famously raised the money on Kickstarter. When I saw it, one contributing member of the audience stayed thru the credits to see her name…alas, she was not one of the fewThis is the project that Zach Braff co-wrote/directed/stars in and famously raised the money on Kickstarter. When I saw it, one contributing member of the audience stayed thru the credits to see her name…alas, she was not one of the few selected from the 46K contributors. She was disappointed and so was I (for different reasons). Braff plays an unsuccessful actor, who's supported by wife Kate Hudson and trying to raise 2 kids. It has tastes of the quirky style he demonstrated in "Garden State," but it's trying too hard to find that left-field charm. Then comes his father's death, which permeates the final act with tedious drama. While it's well enough directed and the performances are fine, his ambitious but unsuccessful script drags the whole thing down.… Expand
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theinvisiblejewJan 19, 2015
I am a Braff fan, and I enjoyed the inside Jewish humor in the movie. However, it felt like it was trying too hard to be Little Miss Sunshine... lacking originality in many scenes.
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7
bfoore90Aug 11, 2020
It's not Garden State, but nevertheless "Wish I was here" is a touching though a bit uneven film
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CherryxldApr 11, 2015
Whish I Was Here es una película que logra resultar encantadora y se cataloga de manera exitosa como una disfrutable comedia dramática.

Esta película se puede ver que encaja varios géneros durante su trayectoria, como ciencia ficción,Whish I Was Here es una película que logra resultar encantadora y se cataloga de manera exitosa como una disfrutable comedia dramática.

Esta película se puede ver que encaja varios géneros durante su trayectoria, como ciencia ficción, drama, comedia, y probablemente entre otros., que se puede sentir como un tono excéntrico de este largometraje, y que al fin y al cabo termina siendo un film con sentimiento que valora las cosas más pequeñas de la vida con una buena apreciación y sustancialmente agradable en varios aspectos que abarca en su historia.… Expand
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5
AnalyticCriticSep 25, 2014
Plot/Story: "Wish I Was Here" in a few words is Cliche and Predictable. Every single thing that happens it's like "Yup knew it". There are absolutely zero surprises in this movie. A good film should be unpredictable and leave you with no cluePlot/Story: "Wish I Was Here" in a few words is Cliche and Predictable. Every single thing that happens it's like "Yup knew it". There are absolutely zero surprises in this movie. A good film should be unpredictable and leave you with no clue on what is to happen next. It is also very "Cliche". You will find very little here that has not already been done in many other films. These two points are big ones that take away from the whole movie. The comedy also was not that great. I feel like there was no in between. Either the jokes were hilarious or they flat lined. As the movie went on the jokes became less funny. The beginning of the movie showed quite a lot of potential. All the comedy was nice, the plot looked like it would go in another direction, and it looked enjoyable. You don't really care for the characters at all because you have seen it all before. None of this is terrible...... It is just mediocre. 4/10

Characters and Actors: Zach Braff play's Aidan Bloom and he does a pretty good job. His performance was the best part of this film. There isn't really any chemistry between any of the characters. All the characters are just there. Kate Hudson plays his wife Sarah, Josh Gad play's his brother Noah, and Mandy Patinkin plays his father. Though have to give prop's to Joey King and Pierce Gagnon who play Braff's kids, for child actors I thought they were well above average. Aside from Braff's, Kings's, and Gagnon's performances the rest were pretty average. 7/10

Overall: Just a mediocre film that showed a lot of potential in the beginning and just went downhill. And that's what this movie is, potential. It has the potential to be funny, it has the potential to be emotionally heavy; but no one in the entire production chose to take a single risk and as a result we get a predictable and cliche movie. Aside from the three great performances I mentioned earlier and one running joke within the movie there's nothing special to make me wish I was here.… Expand
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YozefOct 9, 2014
I live in Russia, where a good film a great rarity.
The film "Wish I was here," amazing. Not everyone will like it, but this movie is very rare peace.
I did not leave to go to him in the movie (I found out later about the film already) andI live in Russia, where a good film a great rarity.
The film "Wish I was here," amazing. Not everyone will like it, but this movie is very rare peace.
I did not leave to go to him in the movie (I found out later about the film already) and I donated money on Kickstarter. I watched Garden State and I already knew what to expect from the director of the new film and wish I had known about it earlier.
(In Russian film got, we can say thanks to the effort of one man . Thank him for that)… Expand
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5
SalthuizenJan 27, 2015
Astoundingly average. The kind of film you can walk away from at any point and not feel like you missed anything. Watch this if you literally have watched every decent film in the world and you want to waste some time.
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9
russiangamerMar 8, 2017
Фильм идёт ровной хорошей дорогой. Смешной, местами грустноватый, актёры отлично подобраны и играют замечательно, хороший саундтрек, но эмоций сильных не испытываешь... Вот только последние 30 минут дают кучу грусти и поводов для размышлений,Фильм идёт ровной хорошей дорогой. Смешной, местами грустноватый, актёры отлично подобраны и играют замечательно, хороший саундтрек, но эмоций сильных не испытываешь... Вот только последние 30 минут дают кучу грусти и поводов для размышлений, что чуть-ли не до слёз. Да, оценку я немного завысил, если не опираться на эмоции последних 30 минут, то это где-то 7.5-8. Но главное получить от фильма удовольствие, поэтому от меня 8.5, округляем и получаем 9/10.
Итог: Отличный, грустный ближе к концу фильм, который даёт почувствовать себя одиноким, если рядом с вами сейчас никого нет. P.S. Если вы атеист, то постарайтесь перебороть себя, потому что это только первые 20 минут очень часто упоминают бога и молятся, но чем дальше, тем меньше этих неприятных для вас вещей.
Так же, кроме Зака Браффа я насчитал как-минимум трёх актёров из сериала "Клиника"… Expand
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JLuis_001Sep 7, 2017
Honestly this movie turned out to be a disappointment, because it is never really clear what it is that we are seeing, beyond wanting to be a life lesson the film is far from proposing a message or even a small moral.

I did not like it.
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DawdlingPoetNov 22, 2021
I found this quite a touching film - its got sentimentality in it, as should be expected given its mainly about the impending death of a relative but its not overly, excessively cheesy in a predictably bad way. I was surprised given this isI found this quite a touching film - its got sentimentality in it, as should be expected given its mainly about the impending death of a relative but its not overly, excessively cheesy in a predictably bad way. I was surprised given this is categorised as a comedy film but it does have some amusing moments - its more a pretty amusing film with some nice touches than a big laugh out loud sort of a film but I thought that overall it was really quite good as Zach Braff does a good job playing the main character, the father Aidan Bloom. I liked the kids, how they challenged their father at times and how the 3 of them got on together, while Kate Hudson plays their mother. The performances are decent and its both amusing and touching, with a nice amount of quirkiness, so I felt it was well made overall and on that basis I'd recommend it.… Expand
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BrennenWJan 29, 2021
Seriously underrated. Zach Braff is a beautiful souls and has a distinct heart in filmmaking. This Rom-Com is one of the best I have seen in the genre!
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