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By Christine N. Ziemba (72) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 16 Jul 2014

Braff has always maintained that he chose an alternative route to retain creative control-and the film's final cut seems to vindicate his decision…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 16 Jul 2014

Wish I Was Here is a state of confusion, not a Garden State…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Jul 2014

The earlier, comedic scenes work a lot better than the later, dramatic ones, thanks mainly to Braff's wide-eyed, deadpan performance and good…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 16 Jul 2014

It's a noble attempt at meaningful comedy-drama, but Braff struggles with shifting tones while mismanaging his own character…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 16 Jul 2014

Disjointed and uneven, seeming at times like the Kickstarter gang got to contribute one idea each in exchange for their donations, all of which…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 16 Jul 2014

Wish I Was Here, not unlike its predecessor Garden State, captures a certain generational drift. It just doesn’t know what to do with it…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Jul 2014

Don't criticize Braff for crowdfunding. Criticize him for making a film that's shallow, simplistic, empty and just generally terrible…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 16 Jul 2014

Wish I Was Here touches on some timely themes and does so with an artistic vulnerability…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 16 Jul 2014

Were you to sit down and write a movie with the instruction that it be funny, sad, and inspirational, you're likely to come up with better…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 16 Jul 2014

Never becomes anything more than an anemic sit-com leavened with heavy doses of mawkishness. 'Wish I Was Here' will make you wish you weren't…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 16 Jul 2014

For better or for worse — okay, mostly for worse — he’s made the exact film he wanted to make; it just took him some time, and a lot…

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By Jason Clark (86) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 16 Jul 2014

Braff, who co-wrote the film with his own brother, is clearly attached to the semiautobiographical material here and still has a knack for…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 16 Jul 2014

Wish I Was Here is so eager to please that you are never allowed to feel uncomfortable for more than a minute or two before a reassuringly…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 16 Jul 2014

A disastrous, insufferable movie that bungles emotion at every turn, coating everything in a toxic glaze of self-importance…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 16 Jul 2014

Mainstream audiences will note that Hudson has never been better and that the tearjerking taps into something universal…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 16 Jul 2014

One problem with “Wish” is that Braff tries to cram so much into it, no scene ever exists for its own sake, to establish rhythm or help…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 16 Jul 2014

As an actor, Braff does thin-skinned sad-sack quite well. As a writer, he’s hopelessly banal. As a director, he’s a disaster…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 16 Jul 2014

A sweet and sloppy jumble of fantasy, sentimentality, comedy and soul-searching that feels like a sitcom that never got past the pilot stage…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 15 Jul 2014

Zach Braff already showcased his cloying humour and appetite for pretty (and pretty meaningless) images in 2004's Garden State…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 15 Jul 2014

Pretentious (it thinks it’s a comedy but descends into depression faster than you can fill a Prozac prescription) and self-indulgent (whole…

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