Wish I Was Here

2014 "Life is an occasion. Rise to it."

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Wish I Was Here

6.6 | 1h47m | R | en | Drama

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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6.6 | 1h47m | R | en | Drama , Comedy | More Info

Released: July. 18,2014 | Released Producted By: Double Feature Films , Wild Bunch Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Zach Braff , Kate Hudson , Joey King

Director

Tony Fanning

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Double Feature Films , Wild Bunch

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Michael Ledo Aiden Bloom (Zach Braff) is an out of work actor. His wife (Kate Hudson) supports the family with a job she pretends to like. Meanwhile Aiden's dad is dying from cancer. Finances are forcing their two kids to leave the private Orthodox school. Aiden also has an engineer brother who is an underachiever. He doesn't talk to dad.There are of course other issues. The film is a dramedy that deals with life, death, mending fences, and ideas about God. It is one of those heart warming films that I got deja vu watching. (I checked Amazon twice to see if I had already seen this film and written a review on it.) It is heavily theme driven. Would make for a decent family film once they deleted two scenes and bleeped out all the swearing.Guide: F-bomb. Brief sex. No nudity.

Root Leaf The Message is great, relevant, but the delivery is quite crude, and frankly the jokes are too much toilet humor (for example, the guy is caught masturbating by his dad - what kind of subsequent interaction could be worth filming? It's unpleasant to watch esp. with younger relatives). As much as I welcome asking questions such as What are we doing in life? - the theme feels digested and overstated, whereas a higher quality delivery would attempt to induce the same epiphanies which in this film were stated as a matter of fact, leaving SOMETHING to the imagination. The focus on small fun (consumerist) "dreams" like driving an Aston Martin, though innocent, is ultimately shallow. Lastly, an example: wife tells husband that she is harassed at work, he talks like he will go and talk to that man, but she starts talking him out of it. I mean, I know people do that, but it's totally counterproductive, and it is not the only example. Bad taste.

Purwinator This Film was great, I love the way Zach Braff performs and the way some scenes are produced! I loved especially the scene in the end where Katie jumps into the pool and the moment is stretched into 5 minutes. One gets so soaked into the moment and just when its over you remember that she jumped and probably felt this range of introspections.

SnoopyStyle Aidan Bloom (Zach Braff) is a struggling actor. His wife Sarah (Kate Hudson) is tired working as the bread winner. His father Gabe (Mandy Patinkin) is paying for his kids' private school tuition. However Gabe's cancer has returned and he won't be able to pay for school anymore. His kids have to be to homeschooled. Noah (Josh Gad) is his unemployed father-hating trailer-living brother. Noah falls for his neighbor Janine (Ashley Greene) who makes costumes for Comic-con and hates him. Daughter Grace (Joey King) is falling for the dreamy Jesse.I really like Zach Braff's 'Garden State'. However there are little things in this movie that bugged me. The family doesn't seem natural at first. It feels cobbled together like a sitcom family. I don't see Kate Hudson as the mother and I certainly don't see her working in a cubicle. Again, her workplace comedy seems too much like a sitcom. It feels a little fake. The kids are cute but again, I don't believe Zach Braff is their dad. The family does grow on me over time and eventually there are some good moments.There are some slapstick that really bug me for some reason. The rabbi on a segway in the hospital is a bit too much. It's too stupid and seems out of place. I do appreciate Zach trying to add some spirituality into this movie. This has a sweet heartfelt nature but not as much charm as his first effort.