Wishful Thinking

incredibly validating in its portrayal of a man’s relationship to his house plants.

George Carmi

absolutely adored this. stunning for a debut feature. raw, original, emotional. maya hawke & lewis pullman operating on god tier levels.

cob

What a beautiful moment. Damn, did I love Wishful Thinking so much. The comparisons to the Before Trilogy sets it up for failure, but I really don't think it's a horrible reference point (especially with Maya Hawke coincidentally as a lead). Such a touching journey…

Tyler Whitmore

Imagine cumming so hard you end world hunger

zachary

this was so charming, maya hawke is an absolute delight, and i am so lucky to live in a world where creative ideas like this are being made and put on the big screen <3

kendall

Another of my editing babies off to college! 😭 I am so proud!! The thing that really drew me to Graham Parkes script (in tandem with the funny, kind and nuanced way he treats his characters) was the complex question it asked around what makes a relationship "successful".…

lillypilgrim

With an inquisitiveness recalling Richard Linklater and a feeling of tragic wonder, writer/director Graham Parkes’s feature directorial debut is an assured, complex story about two people with a love so strong it could literally move mountains. Wishful Thinking is a chaotic…

Robert Daniels

Got chills during one scene and will be thinking about it until I can rewatch. It’s a perfect romantic movie moment and might be better than the 500 Days of Summer expectations vs. reality scene. Excellent use of split screen to show two people at a different place in…

loupre

Liked the set up more than the follow through but Pullman and Hawke are just wonderful. They should both have very long careers ahead of them. More in a review tomorrow I hope.

Brian Tallerico