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MONEY
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Earned back only 100% of its budget on initial theatrical โ a commercial disappointment on release.
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Wish I Was Here
"Life is an occasion. Rise to it."
2014 1h 46m EN
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6.5
SOLID
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6.5TMDB ยท 797
DramaComedy
Synopsis
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Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.
โLife is an occasion. Rise to it.โ
Cast
Zach Braff
Aidan Bloom
Kate Hudson
Sarah Bloom
Joey King
Grace Bloom
Mandy Patinkin
Gabe
Ashley Greene
Janine
Josh Gad
Noah Bloom
Jim Parsons
Paul
Michael Weston
Jerry
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Zach Braff
- Writers
- Zach Braff, Adam J. Braff
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts ๐ฟ
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ERA
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Released 12 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Zach Braff, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Rob Simonsen. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Myron Kerstein shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Zach Braff and Kate Hudson and Joey King carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Life is an occasion. Rise to it.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt2870708 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Zach Braff directs. Lawrence Sher behind the camera. Rob Simonsen scores. Myron Kerstein cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 100% of its budget on initial theatrical โ a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released 12 years ago.
- 3Directed by Zach Braff, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Rob Simonsen. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Myron Kerstein shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Zach Braff and Kate Hudson and Joey King carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Life is an occasion. Rise to it.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt2870708 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Lawrence Sher
- Original score
- Rob Simonsen
- Editing
- Myron Kerstein
- Production design
- Tony Fanning
- Costume design
- Betsy Heimann
- Makeup / hair
- Heba Thorisdottir
- VFX supervisor
- Trevor Tuttle
- Sound
- Paul Hsu
- Stunt coordinator
- Monty L. Simons
- Runtime
- 106 min ยท 1h 46m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5,500,000
- Box office
- $5,483,299
- Return
- 100% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Zach Braff
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What people are saying
- Kamuraiโ 7/10
Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. Big fan of Joey King ("The Act"), and Kate Hudson ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"), and even Zach Graff ("Scrubs") and Josh Gad ("Frozen") give a great performance. Unfortunately, while it has comedic elements, it's not a terribly funny movie. It's more like taking a serious situation and presenting it to someone in a very palatable, if obvious fashion. This is a "life is hard", mixed with "tragic family event" tropes with some nice multi-threading for sub plots. While it's a nice story of pushing through adversity, it's still a heavy story, a sad story, but (like in real life) it's about getting past the bad to grow the good.
Production companies
Who made it
Worldview Entertainment
US
Double Feature Films
US
- SE
Second Stix Films
US
Key crew
- EditorMyron Kerstein
- CastingAvy Kaufman
- Costume DesignBetsy Heimann
- Production DesignTony Fanning
- Second Assistant DirectorJeffrey Schwartz
- First Assistant DirectorDavid H. Venghaus Jr.
- Co-ProducerAmanda Bowers
- Co-ProducerCoco Francini
- Co-ProducerAdriana Randall
- Co-ProducerAmeet Shukla
- Executive ProducerMaria Cestone
- Executive ProducerChristopher Woodrow
- Executive ProducerHoyt David Morgan
- Executive ProducerSarah E. Johnson
- Executive ProducerMolly Conners
- Line ProducerMarc A. Hammer
- ProducerAdam J. Braff
- ProducerZach Braff
- ProducerMichael Shamberg
- ProducerStacey Sher
- Unit Production ManagerMarc A. Hammer
- Music SupervisorMary Ramos
- Music SupervisorHolly Adams
- Visual Effects SupervisorTrevor Tuttle
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- homeschooling
- family
- struggling actor
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- Premiere2014-01-18ยท Sundance Film Festival
- Theatrical (limited)2014-07-18R
- Physical2014-10-28R
Also known as
International titles
- Le role de ma vieFR
- Ojalรก estuviera aquรญES
- Si Estuvieras AquiMX
- WISH I WAS HERE ๅใใฎใใๅ ดๆJP
