From my favorite movies..

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The Message is great, relevant, but the delivery is quite crude, and frankly the jokes are too much toilet humor (for example, the guy is caught masturbating by his dad - what kind of subsequent interaction could be worth filming? It's unpleasant to watch esp. with younger relatives). As much as I welcome asking questions such as What are we doing in life? - the theme feels digested and overstated, whereas a higher quality delivery would attempt to induce the same epiphanies which in this film were stated as a matter of fact, leaving SOMETHING to the imagination. The focus on small fun (consumerist) "dreams" like driving an Aston Martin, though innocent, is ultimately shallow. Lastly, an example: wife tells husband that she is harassed at work, he talks like he will go and talk to that man, but she starts talking him out of it. I mean, I know people do that, but it's totally counterproductive, and it is not the only example. Bad taste.

I think this movie deserves at least 7 stars with IMDb. I can't believe this was a film backed by a Kickstarter campaign.It was a beautifully thought out, delightfully quirky, earthy film, with great messages gently and non-obnoxiously strewn throughout. It was well acted by the cast and well directed. All the characters were well developed and their relationships with one another were believable. I've seen Garden State, but was not expecting this film to be like a sequel or anything. It seems like some disappointed viewers were expecting it to be a sequel. This is a film that stands on it's own.I am looking forward to seeing more of Zach Braff's work. It's refreshing to see works that go off the beaten path of typical Hollywood mush.

Never mind the sour critics or the stupid back and forth about how this movie was financed. Sit down, relax and enjoy this honest, funny and at times very moving film. There's some amazing performances from Mandy Patinkin and Kate Hudson, especially the latter surprised me. She should be given better scripts because she's an amazing actress. Josh Gad's scene with the young but so promising Joey King brought me to tears. All in all, a solid 8 for effort and effect. There's nothing wrong with a bit of sentiment, if it's real. Zack Braff, I really hope you won't hesitate to make more movies. We need directors like you for the people who are tired of formula movies and buff action heroes.

I was expecting a bit more, but overall I thought Wish I Was here was a great movie. It was nice to see a moving movie that was both touching and funny without following the same storyline as a lot of other films. I was really interesting in seeing this film since it was funded almost entirely by fans. You could tell that Zach Braff took advantage of the freedom that a Kickstarter funded film gave him. I really liked that it was a somewhat quirky indie film without being the cliché love story kind of indie film. My main problem with Wish I Was Here was that at times, it seemed as though they were trying too hard to be deep and meaningful. The music was paired perfectly with the film and the fantasy superhero scenes worked surprisingly well with the rest of the film. Despite the occasional cheesy inspirational line, the movie was really beautiful and left the entire theater crying.