Wish I Was Here
2014 · Movie · R · 106 min · ★ 6.5 · 44% critics
A struggling actor and father feels stuck in life as money problems mount and his own dad’s health declines. When his kids’ school situation falls apart, he reluctantly tries homeschooling, balancing family pressures with daydreams of being a heroic space warrior, and starts rethinking what growing up really means.
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-07-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (779 votes)
- Box office
- $4,036,366
- Budget
- $6,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a heartfelt dramedy about family, faith, and finding direction, with more emotion than laughs; Not for you if you dislike heavy themes, crude jokes, or slow starts like some found here.
Pros: heartfelt family focus; moving emotional beats; relatable life struggles | Cons: uneven pacing early; some clichés; humor can be crude
Themes
- homeschooling
- family
- struggling actor
Cast & crew
Zach Braff
as Aidan Bloom
Kate Hudson
as Sarah Bloom
Joey King
as Grace Bloom
Mandy Patinkin
as Gabe
Ashley Greene
as Janine
Josh Gad
as Noah Bloom
Jim Parsons
as Paul
Michael Weston
as Jerry
Pierce Gagnon
as Tucker Bloom
Alexander Chaplin
as Rabbi Rosenberg
Directed by Zach Braff