Taglines Be careful who you wish for.
Irish Wish movie storyline. Maddie Kelly (Lindsay Lohan), a book editor who harbors a big secret: she’s in love with her author, bestselling romance author Paul Kennedy (Alexander Vlahos), whose Irish charm masks his insipid personality. She’s only told her mother, Rosemary (Jane Seymour), a high school principal in Des Moines, Iowa.
Maddie is set to tell him – and her best friends – how she feels on the night of the book’s big splashy premiere when her best friend Emma (Elizabeth Tan) and Paul meet-cute over a stray eyelash. Their chemistry is instant, and before we know it three months have passed by and the whole crew have been whisked to Ireland for a lavish wedding at Paul’s country estate.
At the airport Maddie has her own meet-cute when she mistakes the suitcase belonging to a roguish English photographer named James (Ed Speleers) for her own. After clearing up the confusion, the two share a bus ride from the airport into the country, where they share some more barbs, leaving thoroughly disliking each other.
While on a walk after settling into the estate, Maddie finds herself on a stone wishing chair where an impish Saint Brigid (Dawn Bradfield) goads her into making a wish. “I wish I were marrying Paul Kennedy” she says with gusto, just as a gust of wind swirls fairytale pink blossoms around her and sucks her into the whirlwind of fate.
Getting what you wished for is often more of a curse than a blessing, and although she wakes up a bride, it’s clear very early on that she and Paul are ill-suited for each other. The more time they spend together, the more his boorishness reveals itself. As doubts creep in, Maddie spends time with the passionate and intellectual James, who has been roped into becoming the wedding photographer for her impending nuptials.
It’s only after Maddie realizes her wish has made everyone’s life worse – and that she may be in love with James – that a priest informs her that Saint Brigid, taking a bit of a cue from Saint Mick and Saint Keith, doesn’t always give you what you want, but might just give you what you need.
Irish Wish is a 2024 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Janeen Damian and written by Kirsten Hansen. The film stars Lindsay Lohan and marked her second consecutive project with Netflix, Damian and Damian’s husband Michael Damian, who served as a producer on the film alongside Brad Krevoy. Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan, and Jane Seymour also appear in supporting roles.
Irish Wish (2024)
Directed by: Janeen Damian
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan, Jacinta Mulcahy, Jane Seymour, Matty McCabe, Dawn Bradfield, Maurice Byrne, Aidan Jordan, Dakota Lohan
Screenplay by: Kirsten Hansen
Production Design by: Grant Montgomery
Cinematography by: Graham Robbins
Film Editing by: Scott Hill
Costume Design by: Scotti-Henson Tim
Art Direction by: Nenazoma McNamee
Music by: Nathan Lanier
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: March 15, 2024
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