Feature2014·106m·6.5

Wish I Was Here

Life is an occasion. Rise to it.

DramaComedy

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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Cast

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

Mark Thudium

Terry

Allan Rich

Rabbi Twersky

Cody Sullivan

Jesse

Bruce Nozick

Dr. Becker

Matt Winston

Alan

Taylor Bagley

Janine's Friend

Jennifer Terry

Janine's Other Friend

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Languages: English
Budget: $5.5M
Revenue: $5.5M
Age rating: —
Quality: 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production: Worldview EntertainmentDouble Feature FilmsSecond Stix Films

Crew

Director

Zach Braff

Writers

Zach Braff, Adam J. Braff

Rob Simonsen

Original Music Composer

Myron Kerstein

Editor

Lawrence Sher

Director of Photography

Betsy Heimann

Costume Design

Tony Fanning

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

Kamurai

10/3/2020

7.0

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 still a heavy story, a sad story, but (like in real life) it's about getting past the bad to grow the good.