Joel Edgerton stars in the Australian thriller "Wish You Were Here." Photo by Lisa Tomasetti | Courtesy Sundance Institute

"Wish You Were Here"

World Dramatic

*** (Three stars)

This Australian film is a brilliantly layered story that recounts a Cambodian pleasure vacation gone wrong. No, it is not "The Hangover 2." Four people go on vacation, and only three return, and the movie works so well because it is a blend of mystery and an intimate character study, with Joel Edgerton demonstrating why he is a leading man on the rise. Full of twists, this film shifts back and forth in time as the shocking events of what really happened reveal themselves in devastating fashion.

-- David Burger

“Wish You Were Here” screens again:

• Friday, Jan. 20, 9 a.m., Eccles Theatre, Park City
• Friday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m., Tower Theatre, Salt Lake City
• Saturday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m., Peery's Egyptian Theatre, Ogden
• Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5:30 p.m., Library Center Theatre, Park City
• Friday, Jan. 27, 4 p.m., Redstone Cinemas 7, Park City