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Wish Man

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Wish Man

Released Jun 7, 2019

1h 47m

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A boy's wish changes a man.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

"Wish Man..." is affecting, absorbing and inspiring enough to make you wish it was an all-around better film.

Jul 26, 2019

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The resulting biographical drama squanders its compelling central storyline with a lengthy subplot involving crooked cops.

Jul 23, 2019

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Andrea Beach

Common Sense Media

Sentimental, hopeful biopic has drinking, strong language.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 7, 2020

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Dave V

The movie was not a lot about the foundation. There were many sub plots that were not necessary. It was more about flashbacks and the childhood of this man. I thought it was going to be about Make-a-Wish, but it was more about the childhood. It was slow moving and a little boring, but not terrible.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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Carol G

This movie surprised me. Unknown actors and a seemingly small budget film, yet it well acted, strong story (based on a true story) and pretty good dialogue/writing. I'm looking forward to seeing more work by the young lead, Andrew Steel as well.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/24

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Audience Member

Little slow but cool story and worth a watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/21/21

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Scott W

Great story and ending ! But wish was a better movie overall

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/21

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Audience Member

Honestly I liked it. However I have a couple of problems. One They said that Michael (the boy who's dying from Cancer) has a week to live. A) A child with that little time left wouldn't have that much energy. B) even if his hair grew back a little bit after stopping chemo I highly doubt he would have that much hair. c) if a child had a week to live and was dying from cnacer I would highly doubt he wouldn't be in a wheelchair. Plus he honestly didn't look that sick.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

It had a good foundation. It should have been a heartfelt, feel-good movie. However, too many plotlines, horrible acting (especially the child actor), and a god-awful story writing got in the way. It was a waste of time and if I hadn't been forced to watch it, I would have turned it off in the first 5 minutes.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Synopsis

A boy's wish changes a man.

Director: Theo Davies
Producer: Marc Gold, Greg S. Reid, Theo Davies
Screenwriter: Theo Davies
Distributor: myCinema
Production Co: Fresh Cats Productions, El Ride Productions, 333 Films
Genre: Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 7, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2019
Runtime: 1h 47m

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