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Caterpillar Wish is a fairly gentle drama in which we are set up to expect more serious events to be unveiled than actually occur in the story. As the truth is revealed through a cloud of secrets closely held, we get the feeling that things just are how they are. Even though we see glimpses of family suicide, potential questions of incest and pedophilia, marriage break-ups from serial infidelity and emotional abuse, the film nonetheless maintains a low-key tone and its avoidance of subplots culminating in any real dramatic climaxes feels somewhat refreshing, although it might for some feel like it falls short of its potential in this regard.
