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Critics Consensus: All I Wish strands Sharon Stone in the midst of a subpar romantic comedy that will only leave most viewers wishing Hollywood would offer her a better starring vehicle.
Critic Consensus: All I Wish strands Sharon Stone in the midst of a subpar romantic comedy that will only leave most viewers wishing Hollywood would offer her a better starring vehicle.
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[Stone's] performance anchors the light-as-air "All I Wish." It's the perfect role for her to sink her teeth into, sexy and fun, but she brings a sense of real intelligence and soulfulness to the character.
Stone is bubbly and appealing in the role, but she's saddled with dialogue as clunky as a flat tire.
It's left to Stone to prop up the whole scented-tissue affair, and that she cheerfully does, with a calm, centered force of personality that lends credibility even to the most raggedly developed aspects of her character.
Decent romantic comedies, especially ones featuring middle-aged protagonists, are so few and far between that it makes the mediocrity of writer-director Susan Walter's effort all the more regrettable.
Even when the script doesn't trip over gumball wedding rings and tone-deaf karaoke scenes, the direction drains the story of specificity and feeling.
By the time you watch them have their big first kiss, then break up, then get back together again, it plays less like a real movie and instead one of those memory slideshows your iPhone photo album generates for you.
"All I Wish" is a dream role for Stone, if only the character was given a better movie to exist in.
The script, from first time director Susan Walter, is strong and her direction keeps the film moving with very little slow spots. A fine freshman debut.
All I Wish, despite boasting a strong cast and performances, fails to deliver the goods. Its Graduate-esque ending is emblematic of the movie itself, clichéd and tawdry.
All I Wish feels like the kind of thing designed to flatter its intended audience, i.e., it's okay to spend most of your life without a man, middle-aged ladies! On second thought, that isn't the world's worst message. I just wish this was a better film.
It's too predictable and too disingenuous about the realities of what it means to be an 'older' woman. But Sharon Stone is totally charming.
The one-day-per-year gimmick at the heart of this flat romance never really clicks, possibly because Senna isn't particularly appealing, staying shallow and unchanging throughout.
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