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Wish I Was Here

Name: Wish I Was Here
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2014-07-18
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 6.543

★ 6,5 /10 (785 Votes)

2014 EN 106 min

Overview

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.

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Release date

18/07/2014

Votes

785

Popularity

2.9

Life is an occasion. Rise to it.

Genres

Drama Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

106 min

Budget

$5,500,000

Revenue

$5,483,299

Zach Braff

Aidan Bloom

Kate Hudson

Sarah Bloom

Joey King

Grace Bloom

Mandy Patinkin

Gabe

Ashley Greene

Janine

Josh Gad

Noah Bloom

Jim Parsons

Paul

Michael Weston

Jerry

Pierce Gagnon

Tucker Bloom

Alexander Chaplin

Rabbi Rosenberg

Leslie David Baker

Audition Actor #1

James Avery

Audition Actor #2

Ato Essandoh

Audition Actor #3

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Mark Thudium

Terry

Allan Rich

Rabbi Twersky

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Cody Sullivan

Jesse

Bruce Nozick

Dr. Becker

Matt Winston

Alan

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Taylor Bagley

Janine's Friend

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Jennifer Terry

Janine's Other Friend

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Jackie Johnson

Female Supermarket Employee

Bob Clendenin

Defense Attorney

Silvia Curiel

Esperanza

Nichole Galicia

Juliet

Andrew Anderson

Reaper (uncredited)

Bill Blair

Marching Captain (uncredited)

Donald Faison

Anthony

Max Wright

Jewish Choir Boy

Original Soundtrack

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Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. Big fan of Joey King ("The Act"), and Kate Hudson ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"), and even Zach Graff ("Scrubs") and Josh Gad ("Frozen") give a great performance. Unfortunately, while it has comedic elements, it's not a terribly funny movie. It's more like taking a serious situation and presenting it to someone in a very palatable, if obvious fashion. This is a "life is hard", mixed with "tragic family event" tropes with some nice multi-threading for sub plots. While it's a nice story of pushing through adversity, it's sti…

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