Synopsis
Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?
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Cast
- Joel EdgertonDave Flannery
- Teresa PalmerSteph McKinney
- Felicity PriceAlice Flannery
- Antony StarrJeremy King
- Nicholas CassimJoe Canane
- Wayne BlairWillis
- Valerie BaderHelen King
- Pip MillerJim King
- Fiona PressVal
- Jessica ChapnikSteph's Flatmate
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Wish You Were Here is mystery moviemaking at its most intriguing. - 70
Variety
Despite its dubious inhabitants, the film consistently entertains by throwing the kinds of curves one should see coming but doesn’t. - 67
Film.com
Wish You Were Here goes to a dramatically gripping place of guilt and doubt; if only its grip had held just a bit tighter. - 67
The A.V. Club
A pervasive mood of paranoia and unease overwhelms any immediate understanding of what’s going on. It’s fun to feel lost, at least for a spell. - 60
Time Out
With greater faith in its material, the movie could have dispensed with its time jumps and saved the reveals for when they matter most. - 50
Slant Magazine
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. - 50
The Playlist
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.
