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Wish You Were Here (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 16  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

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 neighbors with her foul mouth and lascivious behavior, but underneath her flamboyantly... 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]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Emily Lloyd, Tom Bell, Jesse Birdsall, Geoffrey Durham

Director: David Leland
Screenwriter: David Leland

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 20, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.66

Audio:

  • Stereo Surround - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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01/26/06
Time Out
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As the title indicates, it's a film about yearning for someone dearly missed.

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12/26/05
Dennis Schwartz
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3/5

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10/10/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Emanuel Levy
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04/27/05
Lori Hoffman
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04/13/05
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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07/02/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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3/5

Wish You Were Here features a smashingly good performance by Emily Lloyd as a spunky, erotic, and out-spoken teenager.

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04/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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4/5

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11/01/03
Nell Minow
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film
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3.5/5

Both the character and the film are more affecting than they initially seem.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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4/5

Good, but somehow not great.

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12/04/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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3.5/4

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.

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11/17/02
Jeremy Heilman
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08/30/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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4/5

Emily Lloyd gives an appealing performance.

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08/30/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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4/5

you won't soon forget Lloyd's sassy, fiercely defiant heroine

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07/29/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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While Leland's script is lively with British characters, his theme is growing tired: young spontaneity stifled by tradition-encrusted hypocrisy.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Lynda is a rich, spirited creation, and Leland's work here, as both screenwriter and director, is sharp and evocative.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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3.5/4

Lloyd is so fresh, so filled with fun and rebellion, that she carries us past the tricky parts on the strength of personality alone. It's one of the great debut roles for a young actress.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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