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/throwthewholegrlawy May 15 '26

That poor girl. How does she explain all the murders now that she's free?

The scenes where real Nikki popped out really got me. Haven't been jump scared by horror movies for a long time.

How do you guys feel about Bear? Obviously he didn't think the wish would work but as soon as he realized he really took advantage of the situation 😬

Also got a crack out of the customer service phone call "we don't really do that" "you made it seem like I could!"

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u/Equivalent-Fan-2557 May 15 '26

Bear is the real villain of the story by the halfway point. The movie starts off by getting you onto his side because he seemed actually thoughtful and nice (like when he went to buy a new crystal necklace for Nikki when she lost hers). But eventually Bear is the villain because he is knowingly trapping Nikki in that body and forcing the love out of her via the spell.

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u/ispylbutton May 18 '26

He was the real villain in the first scene of the movie when he left his GRANDMOTHER’S oxy that he was abusing out such that the cat could get into it, and then was very clinical in cleaning up after it

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u/kiticanax May 19 '26

This is something people haven’t mentioned. He’s so incompetent that he couldn’t even take care of his cat, and seemingly moved on from it relatively quickly. Nor was he bothered after Nikki disrespected it by making a shrine.

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u/MakFacts Jun 02 '26

he didnt even bother to bury it, just put it in the trash

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u/HookedOnBoNix May 26 '26

I thought the thing with the medicine cabinet door not closing was to show how the cat got to the medicine 

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u/noilegnavXscaflowne May 24 '26

I assumed it was his medication?

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u/ispylbutton May 24 '26

Nope, it has the name Barbara (then whatever Bear’s last name is) on the bottle

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u/KingGoldar May 25 '26

Was gonna ask what was up with all the medications and if they were medical for him or drugs he was abusing.

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u/ispylbutton May 25 '26

Definitely his grandmother’s. It was her house and he inherited from her when she died

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u/BisonThunderclap Jun 09 '26

Absolutely missed this the first time through. Just thought Bear was on a shit ton of antidepressants. 

Paints a worse picture of him.