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Wish You Were Here (1987)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:16
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A high-spirited tale of a rebellious teenage girl in 1950s Britian who energetically flouts the repressive sexual mores of her working-class seaside town. 16-year-old Lynda enjoys shocking her... A high-spirited tale of a rebellious teenage girl in 1950s Britian who energetically flouts the repressive sexual mores of her working-class seaside town. 16-year-old Lynda enjoys shocking her neighbors with her foul mouth and lascivious behavior, but underneath her flamboyantly cheeky facade is a lonely girl still suffering from the loss of her mother at an early age. No one in the town understands Lynda's desperate need to challenge conventions -- least of all Lynda's widowed dad. When Lynda's reckless sexual adventures lead her into a dangerous relationship with an unsavory older man, her father is powerless to stop her. [More]
Starring: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Geoffrey Durham
Starring: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Geoffrey Durham
Director: David Leland
Director: David Leland
Screenwriter: David Leland
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Reviews for Wish You Were Here
As the title indicates, it's a film about yearning for someone dearly missed.
Wish You Were Here features a smashingly good performance by Emily Lloyd as a spunky, erotic, and out-spoken teenager.
Both the character and the film are more affecting than they initially seem.
At times tremendously funny, but never humorous at the expense of its emotional core, Wish You Were Here is simultaneously nostalgic and in direct opposition to the way that nostalgia tends to coat the past with a layer of sugary sweetness.
While Leland's script is lively with British characters, his theme is growing tired: young spontaneity stifled by tradition-encrusted hypocrisy.
Lynda is a rich, spirited creation, and Leland's work here, as both screenwriter and director, is sharp and evocative.
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