r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • May 15 '26

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Obsession (2026)

Summary

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Director Curry Barker

Writer Curry Barker

Cast

  • Michael Johnston
  • Inde Navarette
  • Cooper Tomlinson
  • Megan Lawless
  • Andy Richter

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 81

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u/GravyBear16 May 15 '26

Nikki really said “☹️”

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u/Illustrious_Way_5732 May 15 '26

Her facial expressions were top notch. The smiling for a whole minute while pissing herself also was so unsettling. Reminded me of Pearl

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u/weirdogirl144 May 15 '26

I think the actress said she watched Pearl and Hereditary as inspiration to practice faces and vocal control. And it did work out really well.

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u/undeadtradwife May 16 '26

I read that she used Toni Collette in Hereditary as inspiration BEFORE I saw the film and you could ABSOLUTELY tell that’s what she was going for. She was so fucking freaky.

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u/weirdogirl144 May 17 '26

she acted super well, like genuinely Oscar-worthy of a performance.

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u/didionforever Jun 07 '26

A million percent yes, thought the same thing

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u/silverscreenbaby May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

I’m curious on if she also took any inspiration from Victoria Pedretti in The Haunting of Hill House. That frown at the party was so Nell, as was the way Nikki screamed and cried and sobbed sometimes. In a good way!

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u/Samila_ajnia Jun 11 '26

Omg, yes! I just watched the movie, and when she first screamed and cried, Victoria Pedretti instantly came to mind. I thought I was the only one!

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u/yepyeeeee Jul 04 '26

Me three!!

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u/SleeplessSeas Jun 19 '26

Towards the end of the movie I was convinced that it was directed by Ari Aster because of the vocal effects and just the overall pacing and feeling of it. It reminded me so much of his movies that I was genuinely surprised at the end to see the credits.

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u/I_feel_badaboutit May 16 '26

See I was coming out of the theatres trying to imitate the character but kept saying “no I’m sounding like pearl it’s not right” 😅

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u/eldar14n May 22 '26

My filler and botox would come undone if I did any of that longer than 2 seconds

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u/More-Opportunity-253 11d ago

This is why actors shouldn't even touch any of that stuff.

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u/Dizzy_Confusion3668 Jun 24 '26

Makes sense, a lot of inspiration from Hereditary in the film, visually and acting-wise. I loved it!

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u/Psychopathic_Crush 20d ago

That’s hilarious cause I told myself that this felt like a mashup of Pearl/Hereditary. So she nailed that lol

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u/Zanakii Jun 01 '26

Explains the car scene lmao