Wish You Were Here

Looking for something that actually makes you laugh, available in the US on Amazon Prime Video and fuboTV? Wish You Were Here delivers. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. 77 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Emily Lloyd's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Amazon Prime Video.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Wish You Were Here earns its spot. Wish You Were Here gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex. Between them, Emily Lloyd and Tom Bell carry the comedy without ever forcing it. It hit screens in 1987. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Wish You Were Here holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Wish You Were Here respects your intelligence. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Emily Lloyd anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

Wish You Were Here was released in 1987, directed by David Leland. The full 92-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.