The film tells about a man (Joel Edgerton), his wife and his sister's sister, as they face a different path in their lives through dealing with their vacation in Cambodia. After a night of partying, his sister's friend disappears, as the man searches for him.
Wish You Were Here is an excellent idea for a State Department video, to remind travelers the obvious things not to do when visiting an unfamiliar country. As a drama, it feels a little empty.
The time you spend trying to piece together a mystery that is presented as a teasing puzzle inevitably diverts you from deeper identification with characters who are not particularly sympathetic to begin with.
Cinema Sight
June 15, 2014
A disturbing mystery thriller that also explores the delicate balance of honesty and lies within a successful relationship.
The mysteries unravel at a steady pace and the dialogue and acting feel naturalistic, adding up to a taut and progressively tangled portrait of familial relations.
Kieran Darcy-Smiths first feature mixes past and present, some few of such shifts adding to our understanding or familiarity with the returnees and deepening the mystery.
