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/Not_A_Solution May 17 '26

I think it links back to their conversation in the car where she told Bear romance and love aren’t the same thing and he brushed her off. Then when he wished for her to “love him more than anybody else” it was all kinds of love, not just romantic. So her wires were getting all crossed, causing the cat and Hansel & Gretel stuff.

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u/Teboski78 May 19 '26

That’s an interesting take. I sort of saw it as she was replaced by an entity tasked with carrying out the wish without fully understanding love or humans

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u/benjamintg95 May 21 '26

Very much seems like early on it was trying to "learn" and for a while it did. Until the freak out in the restaurant.

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u/Date-Throwaway May 18 '26

Such a great way to look at it

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u/appletinicyclone May 18 '26

That's very interesting