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Wish You Were Here (2025) | Film Review

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  After an amazing first date ends abruptly, Charlotte (Isabelle Fuhrman) goes searching for answers and uncovers a secret that changes her life forever. The thing that made me immediately want to watch this film was recognising the two main actors. Particularly with Fuhrman, this is a role that I've never seen her do, so I was really intrigued about it. Unfortunately, this one was a bit disappointing. Without spoilers, the thing that disappointed me the most about this film was knowing what it was actually about. How many times can this story be remade? The actors were great in their individual roles, but when they came together, it weakened the story. They didn't have the chemistry they needed to make the audience believe they were truly soulmates, yet the filmmakers pushed the soulmate angle really hard. The story is told in a really weird way. The main couple spend so much time apart that it doesn't even feel like a romance. By the time they come together they haven...