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Wish I Was Here
Life is an occasion. Rise to it.
Life is an occasion. Rise to it.
Comedy, Drama - 2014
6.7
45%
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Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
107 min
Release date:
18 Jul 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,500,000
Revenue:
$5,483,299
Awards:
6 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Wish I Was Here is a funny, touching movie that features one of Kate Hudson's best performances and a curmudgeonly good one from Mandy Patinkin.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jul 2014
fresh:
Braff plays Aidan with easygoing exasperation and Hudson is better than I've seen her since Almost Famous.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 Jul 2014
fresh:
The fruits of writer-director Zach Braff's Kickstarter are here for the general public, and they're at once vibrantly weird, beautiful and thoughtful.
– Sean Fitz-Gerald,
Denver Post,
18 Jul 2014
fresh:
It is sometimes maudlin, sometimes trivial and sometimes very moving, but never less than achingly sincere.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
18 Jul 2014
rotten:
Wish I Was Here's philosophical scope never gets much bigger than the slip of paper inside a fortune cookie.
– Ian Buckwalter,
NPR,
18 Jul 2014
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