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All Critics (12) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1)
Wish Me Away is most revealing when it counters Nashville's manufactured intimacy with an insider's hard-won honesty. Nov 1, 2012 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Wish Me Away is most revealing when it counters Nashville's manufactured intimacy with an insider's hard-won honesty.
Serena Donadoni
Much like the image of Wright presented by the movie itself, "Wish Me Away" is graceful, sincere and heartfelt. Jun 14, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Much like the image of Wright presented by the movie itself, "Wish Me Away" is graceful, sincere and heartfelt.
Mark Olsen
The inspiring story of Chely Wright, the first major country singer to come out as gay. Jun 1, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The inspiring story of Chely Wright, the first major country singer to come out as gay.
V.A. Musetto
By the end you may not be a fan of her music, but it's hard not to root for her rebirth. May 31, 2012 | Rating: 3/5
By the end you may not be a fan of her music, but it's hard not to root for her rebirth.
Jeannette Catsoulis
The unshakable support of her religious sister, the raw and heartfelt stories of her childhood: These are the moments most likely to provide the inspiration she hopes to share. May 31, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The unshakable support of her religious sister, the raw and heartfelt stories of her childhood: These are the moments most likely to provide the inspiration she hopes to share.
Elizabeth Weitzman
While it's fascinating to observe the workings of the mammoth apparatus grafted onto an intensely personal decision, the movie's heart is the moments that take place in private. May 31, 2012 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
While it's fascinating to observe the workings of the mammoth apparatus grafted onto an intensely personal decision, the movie's heart is the moments that take place in private.
Sam Adams
'Wish Me Away' is not just another doc on coming out; it's a unique story from a brave woman whose truth was more important than fame and glamour. Jun 1, 2012 | Rating: B | Full Review…
'Wish Me Away' is not just another doc on coming out; it's a unique story from a brave woman whose truth was more important than fame and glamour.
Clay Cane
Worthy if at times heavy-handed doc about the first country-music star to publicly say, "I'm gay." May 31, 2012 | Full Review…
Worthy if at times heavy-handed doc about the first country-music star to publicly say, "I'm gay."
David Noh
Ultimately too concerned with courting the singer's fans to deliver anything more than a theatrical release of a very special episode of VH1's Behind the Music. May 30, 2012 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Ultimately too concerned with courting the singer's fans to deliver anything more than a theatrical release of a very special episode of VH1's Behind the Music.
Chuck Bowen
A deeply affecting documentary that chronicles the coming out of Nashville singer Chely Wright, and the anguishing criticism she faces from conservative country and western fans. May 28, 2012 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
A deeply affecting documentary that chronicles the coming out of Nashville singer Chely Wright, and the anguishing criticism she faces from conservative country and western fans.
Jennifer Merin
By honestly telling her story country western star Chely Wright has made a powerful, unforgettable coming out story stripped of melodrama yet unexpectedly heartbreaking. Dec 23, 2011 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
By honestly telling her story country western star Chely Wright has made a powerful, unforgettable coming out story stripped of melodrama yet unexpectedly heartbreaking.
Bruce Bennett
What it lacks in artfulness, Wish Me Away makes up for in emotive force. May 29, 2012 | Full Review…
What it lacks in artfulness, Wish Me Away makes up for in emotive force.
Andrew Schenker
Lovely, inspiring, tear-jerking documentary about Wright's well-planned coming out, showing her extreme fear and vulnerability and courage. A great film about why coming out is so important and also so hard for some people, especially those from religious backgrounds. Wonderful, graceful, sincere.
Super Reviewer
Chely Wright is the first American country music star to come out as gay. I'm not a fan of country music, and I had never heard of Chely Wright until I saw this film. What emerges from the film is a portrait of Wright that is inspiring and positive. She seems like a genuine person and a good role model of GLBT youngsters. However, when she begins working with image coaches and turning her coming out into a media event, I found myself less sympathetic to her struggles. I understand her counter-argument -- that coordinating a media spectacle allows her to do the most good for others in her situation -- but I nevertheless wasn't pleased that what I was seeing was such a carefully designed product. Overall, I found the film well-made, and by the end I liked Wright, but that's about all the film asked of me.
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