I Wish You All The Best | Film Review

 

After being thrown out of their family home for coming out as non-binary, Ben (Corey Fogelmanis) moves in with their estranged sister (Alexandra Daddario) and her husband (Cole Sprouse).

I saw the trailer for this film randomly and immediately knew I wanted to watch it, so I was eagerly awaiting its release!

I liked this film.

Ben is such a great character to follow. They’re really sweet, and it’s easy to sympathise with them. All of the characters are great, and the actors do a really good job portraying them.

Although the film moves slowly, it takes a long time before your interest starts to wane. For me I only started to lose interest towards the end, and by then I was invested enough in the lives of the characters that it didn’t matter.

There were a few plot points that didn’t quite make sense to me, mostly around Ben’s parents, that took me out of the story. I couldn’t quite work out those characters and what their true thoughts and feelings were. At the beginning they were a more abstract figure and I think they should have stayed that way.

I loved seeing Ben’s character development. You watch them coming more and more out of their shell, and you really feel like you’re on this journey with them.

The thing about this film is that it’s entirely made up of your relationship with Ben. You latch on to this character, which is great, but because of that there’s not much more to focus on in the film. Not much happens, which is why things feel slow. So if you don’t like Ben, there’s no other reason to watch the film.

As we got towards the end it felt like the filmmakers didn’t quite know how to wrap the story up.

That being said, the ending was really sweet. Although perhaps sweeter than it should have been. It could have gone a lot deeper into the exploration of the issues raised throughout, rather than making everything end happily.

Overall I thought this film was lovely. I loved Ben, and wish the entire world had the same mindset as these characters.

6.5/10