Fresh
Wish You Were Here is the story of Lynda's messy coming of age. It's a movie to cherish -- bouyant, affecting, one of a kind.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Wish You Were Here
Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. Lynda’s got her own brass band.
1987 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
David Leland
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Wish You Were Here
Overview
In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.
Director and cast
- David Leland Director
- Emily Lloyd as Lynda Mansell
- Tom Bell as Eric
- Jesse Birdsall as Dave
- Clare Clifford as Mrs. Parfitt
- Sheila Kelley as Joan Figgis
- Trudi Cavanagh as Tap Dancing Lady
- Barbara Durkin as Valerie
- Geoffrey Hutchings as Hubert Mansell
- Charlotte Barker as Gillian
- Chloe Leland as Margaret
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As Lynda, the belligerent, exhibitionist daughter of a strait-laced British shopkeeper, Lloyd is electrifying. She's a foul-mouthed Hayley Mills.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Just as Lynda's language is an affront to her neighbors, so is Leland's film an enthusiastic assault on the excessive gentility of so much British filmmaking.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Wish You Were Here may always be thought of as the movie that first gave us Emily Lloyd. Or as David Leland's first directing achievement.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
What makes it interesting is the character of the heroine; her refreshing rudeness disconcerts those around her.
Variety Staff, Variety
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