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Wish You Were Here

"Four went. Three came back. Only one of them knows what happened."

Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?

Top Cast

  • Joel Edgerton

    Joel Edgerton

    Dave Flannery

  • Teresa Palmer

    Teresa Palmer

    Steph McKinney

  • Felicity Price

    Felicity Price

    Alice Flannery

  • Antony Starr

    Antony Starr

    Jeremy King

  • Nicholas Cassim

    Nicholas Cassim

    Joe Canane

  • Otto Page

    Otto Page

    Max Flannery

  • Isabelle Austin-Boyd

    Isabelle Austin-Boyd

    Holly Flannery

  • Tina Bursill

    Tina Bursill

    Margie McKinney

  • Wayne Blair

    Wayne Blair

    Willis

Overview

Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?

Rating

5.6 / 10
92 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • Wuchak
    Wuchak
    6 Feb 16, 2023

    **_Good beach-oriented crime/mystery told in an annoying, viewer-unfriendly way_** Two couples from Australia take a vacation to the beaches of Cambodia in which the beau of one of the sisters mysteriously goes missing after a night of partying. Upon their return to Sydney they try to put the broken pieces together. "Wish You Were Here" (2012) is a psychological crime drama/mystery with some thrills belonging to the subgenre about Caucasians visiting a dubious Southeast Asian country and running into inevitable problems, like “Vinyan” (2008), “No Escape” (2015) or even “The Beach” (2000). Teresa Palmer (Steph) is a highlight as usual while the locations are great and the cast is effective. Unfortunately, the supposedly ‘hip’ shaky handheld cam and relatively quick editing in the first act get annoying real fast. Worse, the story is told in an unnecessarily convoluted manner with constant flash-forwards, flashbacks and flash-presents all jammed together with little indication. Sure, you’ll be able to put the pieces together by the second half, but why make the viewer work so hard? While this makes the flick rather unenjoyable, there are several interesting psychological things going on that make it worthwhile, not to mention the aforementioned positives. The film runs 1 hours, 29 minutes, and was shot in New South Wales, Australia, including the Sydney area, as well as Sihanoukville on the coast of Cambodia. GRADE: B-/C+

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