Genre: Drama
Director: Lena Dunham
Writer: Sammy-Jo Ellis
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Ben Barnes, Lena Dunham, Yuliya Snigir
Budget: $14,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $16,394,090
Foreign Box Office: $12,458,934
Total Profit: $7,348,519
Reaction: The second film from writer Sammy-Jo Ellis, and the first to make a profit, clearly benefited from the low budget to make a little money.
"The film is maybe a bit too coy with its point and direction at times. The script by Sammy-Jo Ellis beats around the bush a lot of the time when a more concise direction would have made for better results. For a film that isn't particularly long, Her Dying Wish feels like it has a lot of extra padding." - Lois Reeves, Dodge City Daily Globe
"Her Dying Wish takes a while to get to the actual story at hand. Ben Barnes and Jenna Ortega function well as a duo, carrying the film when the script and direction let them down. It's a decent sophomore effort from writer Sammy-Jo Ellis that does manage to hit most of the notes it tries." - George Overmyer, Baltimore Magazine
"I respect the aspect Sammy-Jo is going for and love the pageantry being performed from the two leads. Jenny Ortega more and more with each passing film shows why she's someone to watch along with Barnes who plays it for all it's got. Unfortunately, none of this helps a story that doesn't feel like it goes anywhere or leaves any impact as it certainly could have played more on the daughter's & her father's broken relationship between one another" - Rosemary Lawe, Time Out
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