Wish You Were Here (Too Much) (1987)
Movie Info
Cast
as Lynda Mansell
as Hubert Mansell
as Eric
as Mrs. Parfitt
as Valerie
as Gillian
as Margaret
as Tap Dancing Lady
as Dave
as Mitch The Dog
as Harry Figgis
as Aunt Millie
as Dr. Holroyd
as Lynda (age 11)
as Margaret (age 7)
as Lynda's Mother
as Joan Figgis
as Lynda's Mother
as Cinema Manager
as Lady with Hurt Knee
as Brian
as Passenger with Umbrella
as Mental Patient
as Uncle Brian
as Mrs. Hartley
as Shop Van Customer
as Policeman
as Maisie Mathews
as Vickie
as Cafe Manager
as Cook
as The Baby
as Mitch The Dog
Critic Reviews for Wish You Were Here (Too Much)
All Critics (28) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (5)
Wish You Were Here is the story of Lynda's messy coming of age. It's a movie to cherish -- bouyant, affecting, one of a kind.
As Lynda, the belligerent, exhibitionist daughter of a strait-laced British shopkeeper, Lloyd is electrifying. She's a foul-mouthed Hayley Mills.
Just as Lynda's language is an affront to her neighbors, so is Leland's film an enthusiastic assault on the excessive gentility of so much British filmmaking.
Wish You Were Here may always be thought of as the movie that first gave us Emily Lloyd. Or as David Leland's first directing achievement.
What makes it interesting is the character of the heroine; her refreshing rudeness disconcerts those around her.
The trouble is that Lloyd's loud, brattish performance makes Linda less a socially purgative Free Spirit than a pain in the neck.
Audience Reviews for Wish You Were Here (Too Much)
I saw this one a long time ago, and I can't remember much about it except that it was one of those nostalgic but sexy kinds of movies about a high school girl who keeps getting into trouble or something. Anyway, I want to see it again.
Super Reviewer
Odd movie but avtually really entertaining.
Super Reviewer
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