Movie #1020 "Wish I was Here" is a very different film and one that is hard for me to review. I am a huge fan of Zach Braff and loved loved loved "Garden State" but this is not "Garden State." In fact, it's the least of all of his efforts to write scripts. There were things I didn't like about the film --- first, I had a hard time liking the main couple --- from the first scene, they seemed to act and speak inappropriately in front of their kids. Okay, they are going through a crisis in the family, but taking on home schooling and having them fix the outdoor pool seems a tad in appropriate. I guess I get skeptical around the term "home school" and let's just say this film did nothing to defend the concept. I also had problems with the Josh Gad (who is Zach's brother) character --- he was too far "out there" to be believable to me. And I didn't care about him, either. Well, then, the patriarch of the family, Mandy Patinkin (I'm a huge fan of him) was so mean-spirited and said awful things about and to his sons that I had a hard time liking him, as well. I also didn't like the making fun of the jewish school the kids were in.......but the kids were cute, and I think this is the best acting job I've seen Kate Hudson do, so I do like some of the things (esp. the acting comments, because Zach plays an actor)in the film, but I was disappointed overall, and I can't highly recommend it at all. Possibly, if you can look past the things I mentioned above, you might like it, but I think there are so many other films that you could be spending time watching instead of this one. Sorry, Zach. And this was a kickstarter project.....disappointing. I so much wanted to like it more!
Wish I Was Here
With his acting career moribund, Aidan Bloom steers a new tack in life, taking over his children's education when private school becomes too costly. Finding much to learn as well as teach, Aidan develops his own unique curriculum for the kids.
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