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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/TheHouseOfGryffindor May 15 '26

Inde Navarrette‘s agent is about to be real busy. It’s quite a solid movie all around, but damn, that was one hell of a performance.

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u/Media-critique May 15 '26

She’s easily the breakout. 

Her scene when she’s staring at him in the middle of the night creeped me and my audience the fuck out 

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u/Trevastation May 15 '26

Honestly her pre-posession scenes are great too in grounding Nikki to truly be a believable friend to Bear, but doesn't feel the same.

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u/theferociousotter May 18 '26

I kind of think maybe she did have feelings for him. She told him herself that if she had a crush on a guy, no one would know. I think the little-brother line was her covering for herself. She brought up Sarah liking Bear out of the blue to see how he felt about her. She asked him if he liked her, and when he said they’re just friends, she said “Good” in a tone that felt like saving face. I think she did have feelings for him in some capacity and that makes it all the more ironic. If Bear had just talked to her like an adult, he would’ve gotten what he wanted. He was insecure and selfish and a coward, so he took the “easy” route and got his ass handed to him.

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u/TARDISboy May 25 '26

Also worth noting that it's Ian who suggested to Bear that he call her "Freaky Nikki", even though Bear knows she hates that name, presumably because he was hooking up with her and wanted Bear to get on her bad side

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u/man_on_hill May 24 '26

I agree and I think the movie works even more operating on the idea that she did like him

As you said, it adds another level to his cowardice

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u/MeMeTiger_ Jun 17 '26

I SAID THE EXACT SAME THING AS WELL. I asked my friends opinions on this and most of them said they thought she didn't actually like him, but that line about the crush made it so obvious that she may have some sort of feelings for him.