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Australia · 2012
Rated R · 1h 33m
Director Kieran Darcy-Smith
Starring Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it's only the first of many.
Even though he only manages length and intensity when he’s aiming for emotional depth and dramatic sweep, Darcy-Smith does accomplish one rare feat with Wish You Were Here -- he somehow manages to tell a story that’s simultaneously mysterious and mostly uninteresting.
Slant Magazine by Abhimanyu Das
From the opening montage alone, it's clear that Australian director Kieran Darcy-Smith plans to play his cards close to the vest in this maddeningly underwritten thriller/domestic-drama hybrid.
The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney
The visceral fireworks of the characters’ arguments and the disintegration of trust among them are observed with unsettling intimacy in the script and in the emotional honesty of the performances...This is terrific stuff.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Wish You Were Here is mystery moviemaking at its most intriguing.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
Though much of the film is overcooked and overwrought, it’s well-played, and writer-director Kieran Darcy-Smith keeps us guessing, and watching.
Despite its dubious inhabitants, the film consistently entertains by throwing the kinds of curves one should see coming but doesn’t.
Wish You Were Here goes to a dramatically gripping place of guilt and doubt; if only its grip had held just a bit tighter.
Village Voice by Zachary Wigon
Stories built around a mystery can have a difficult time creating a satisfying answer, and this picture is no exception.
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