Movie

Wish You Were Here

2012 · 93 min

A queasy, slow-dawning unease as a sunny holiday curdles into secrets, guilt and quiet domestic dread.

Tagline: Four went. Three came back. Only one of them knows what happened.
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?
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Deception, guilt, grief, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
guilt
grief
betrayal
family
Places: big city
suburbs
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild