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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h

Summary Chely Wright: Wish Me Away is the story of Chely Wright, the first Nashville music star to come out as gay. Over three years, the filmmakers were given extraordinary access to Chely's struggle and her unfolding plan to come out publicly. Using interviews with Chely, her family, her pastor, and key players in the music world, alongside Ch...

Directed By: Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 2 h

Wish Me Away

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Chely Wright: Wish Me Away is the story of Chely Wright, the first Nashville music star to come out as gay. Over three years, the filmmakers were given extraordinary access to Chely's struggle and her unfolding plan to come out publicly. Using interviews with Chely, her family, her pastor, and key players in the music world, alongside Ch...

Directed By: Bobbie Birleffi, Beverly Kopf

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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14% Mixed
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14% Negative
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83
May 30, 2012
While it's fascinating to observe the workings of the mammoth apparatus grafted onto an intensely personal decision, the movie's heart is the moments that take place in private (meaning, in this case, in front of only one camera).
By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 1, 2012
The inspiring story of Chely Wright, the first major country singer to come out as gay. Her decision was a brave one since the world of C&W music is notoriously homophobic.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 15, 2012
Much like the image of Wright presented by the movie itself, Wish Me Away is graceful, sincere and heartfelt.
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70
May 31, 2012
This scrappy-slick confessional is a fascinating study in dualities.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
70
May 30, 2012
What it lacks in artfulness, Wish Me Away makes up for in emotive force.
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60
May 31, 2012
This sympathetic documentary chronicles her decision to come out, which required a battle plan as extensive as the ones applied to the rest of her career.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
25
May 30, 2012
The film is ultimately too concerned with courting the singer's fans to deliver anything more than a theatrical release of a very special episode of VH1's Behind the Music.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company First Run Features
Release Date Jun 1, 2012
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline A Nashville Star Comes Out and Finds Her True Voice
Website http://www.wishmeawaydoc.com/
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Awards

Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination

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