Wish You Were Here Reviews

'Wish You Were Here'. Suspenseful, extremely tense, and two powerful performances by Joel Edgerton [and especially] Felicity Price.

I was sold from the opening credits, with its colourful montage of Cambodia, oh-so-right music, and beautifully subtle, faded in title. One of the best openings I've seen in ages!

Then there's that car crash. It's really a measure of how much I'd invested, and the film had got me to invest in Felicity Price's Alice by this point. The dread of her getting pulled up by the police, the relief that she's got away with something, been given a chance after realising what she'd done, and then, before you know it, I suddenly braced myself, ducked my head, and felt the full impact of that crash, without even seeing it happen.

Gripping and tense drama with a trio of fantastic performances led by the Australian gem Joel Edgerton. Full review later.

It's so well-written, and the acting is phenomenal. The film was a real impressment; it's original and filmed beautifully. Overall it's a very solid, well-rounded film.

I enjoyed the way this film takes you through past and present scenes and Joel edgerton is becoming a very accomplished actor. At the end, the film for me is nothing special as it becomes predictable with what unfolds. However, for it's originality and directorship, its another good Aussie film.

Another distinctively Australian feature from the top shelf. All the performances are excellent, believable, and the plot builds plenty of suspense with a menacing undercurrent. You'll likely unravel the mystery well before the conclusion, but the journey is still very worthwhile.

Extremley tense and well acted thriller.

Although slightly predictable to anyone that pays attention to human behaviour, this drama packs more punch that you would expect from the synopsis. Beautifully shot and anchored down by near-perfect performances this mystery is one you wish didn't go the way you are expecting.

better than expected, builds in intensity as the film progresses. An ending I didn't see coming.

Great performances, yet it falls behind in the pacing department, and takes forever to get to the revealation. Slightly over-dramatic, yet a decent Aussie film nontheless. Shot beautifully.

Good film with a really shocking part towards the end.

sollid thriller, great acting

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Slow paced and boring. Just one stupid act after another. Makes me cringe.

Great acting from the main cast, especially Felicity Price whose performance is absolutely arresting, get you invested on the characters immediately. Then the film's broken narrative, which never gets too confusing because of ingeniously shot the different (with respect to time) scenes are, hooks you. You can sense the suspense, but you're not really sure why (Joel Edgerton's acting does the trick), and then it all comes together in an ending you don't see coming.

Gripping, intense, and well-shot, Wish You Were Here's strength lies in the believability of its performances - Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer are equally fantastic. The story unfolded in a way that kept me engrossed, and I thought the ending was handled perfectly. Excellent movie.

Despite its modesty, the power of this thriller comes from the naturalistic performances and the gradual layers of the story that are revealed. As with a lot of local films it takes us fearlessly into dark and challenging places, which is why it is so haunting and memorable.

A solid Australian drama/thriller with a non-linear narrative that adds to the mystery.

Beautiful film, theyâ(TM)ve done everything just amazingly right; itâ(TM)s a story well and creatively told. I just love it.

Really well written movie and well acted. Joel edgerton is excellent and felicity price is superb. The story really sucks you in from the start and love the way they jump back in time and then to the present. Great to watch a movie that's up there with one of my favs for 2012

Although at times an engaging Australian mystery, the film tries hard to sustain its premise even over its short runtime and quite often falls into moments of disarray and winds up feeling more like a film about marital problems. The Cambodian scenes are few and far between and, at least before the climax, never quite have the impact they could and should. Decent and relatively well-scripted, but it's been done better before.