That was an excellent one.

Really Surprised!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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.

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.

This Film was great, I love the way Zach Braff performs and the way some scenes are produced! I loved especially the scene in the end where Katie jumps into the pool and the moment is stretched into 5 minutes. One gets so soaked into the moment and just when its over you remember that she jumped and probably felt this range of introspections.

I'd heard about this flop on Billy Eichner's show as he made fun of the fact that Braff crowd-sourced this terrible project by raising $3 million (!) Three f****** millions that could have gone to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, build schools, fund medical research, etc. The title is grammatically incorrect, since it should read "Wish I Were Here", but that's the least of the bad – I could only bear with it for 30 minutes. As other stuff Braff had put out, this too is a sophomoric and lukewarm slop with see-through acts and lame emotional jerks. The only noteworthy scene I saw was about Hudson's nips poking her tank top, but I don't get how the hell Mandy Patinkin got dragged into it. At this point, Braff should realize that it's time to hang it up and rest on "Scrubs" laurels, a funny show for its writing and good supporting actors, surely not his pathetic and effeminate character. If you too can't sleep and happen to find this mess while flipping channels, keep on flipping.

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.