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The British Wish You Were Here served as the auspicious film debut for 16-year-old Emily Lloyd. The scene is a British seaside community of the 1950s, where the local adults are shocked and embarrasse... read more read more...d by the libertine Lynda (Lloyd), who dresses provocatively, behaves outrageously, and swears like a sailor (her favorite epithet is "Up your bum"). Lynda's mother is dead, and her father has given up trying to do anything with her. She attempts to hold down several jobs, but messes them all up through insolence and carelessness. Excessively promiscuous, Lynda has an affair with a middle-aged friend of her father's. She becomes pregnant, only to use her "fallen" state to gleefully shock and annoy her elders even more. Despite her bravado, there's an underlying sadness about Lynda: the title Wish You Were Here refers to her feelings concerning her late mother. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: David Leland

Release Date: January 1, 1987

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DVD Release Date: April 20, 2004

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  • ajv2688
    February 6, 2011
    ajv2688
    I saw this one a long time ago, and I can't remember much about it except that it was one of those nostalgic but sexy kinds of movies about a high school girl who keeps getting into trouble or something. Anyway, I want to see it again.
  • SirPant
    September 29, 2009
    SirPant
    "Up ya bum, up ya bum!" I love this film, Emily loyd is brilliant!
  • DrLappos
    January 30, 2009
    DrLappos
    Odd movie but avtually really entertaining.

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Critic Reviews

Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

Both the character and the film are more affecting than they initially seem. Full Review

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

While Leland's script is lively with British characters, his theme is growing tired: young spontaneity stifled by tradition-encrusted hypocrisy. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Lloyd is so fresh, so filled with fun and rebellion, that she carries us past the tricky parts on the strength of personality alone. It's one of the great debut roles for a young actress. Full Review

Hal Hinson
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

Lynda is a rich, spirited creation, and Leland's work here, as both screenwriter and director, is sharp and evocative. Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
December 26, 2005
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

As the title indicates, it's a film about yearning for someone dearly missed. Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
April 29, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Wish You Were Here features a smashingly good performance by Emily Lloyd as a spunky, erotic, and out-spoken teenager. Full Review

Ken Hanke
December 4, 2002
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Good, but somehow not great.

Jeremy Heilman
November 17, 2002
Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com

At times tremendously funny, but never humorous at the expense of its emotional core, Wish You Were Here is simultaneously nostalgic and in direct opposition to the way that nostalgia tends to coat th... Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
August 30, 2002
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner

Emily Lloyd gives an appealing performance.

James Sanford
July 29, 2002
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

you won't soon forget Lloyd's sassy, fiercely defiant heroine

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