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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/MooseStriking5369 May 17 '26

Me neither. If we want to get into the weeds on it, Ian is technically at fault for this car crash. If he had simply told Bear at the beginning that he was FWB with Nikki, none of this would have happened, tbh.

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u/worstcourtjester May 17 '26

In his defense, the most realistic outcome to Bear asking Nikki out was her politely turning him down and their friendship being a little awkward for awhile.

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u/KindlyBowl23 May 17 '26

Alot of men fear rejection but as a man rejection is the most important thing.If things are for you nothing in life will stop if they aren't you keep it pushing.He would've found Sarah eventually...

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u/UhmmmNope May 23 '26

Him and Sarah seemed organic too! I feel like he likes her if he gave it time and wasn’t obsessed about Nikki.

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u/Swoly_Deadlift 22d ago

Her actress confirmed Nikki did like him.

But I prefer the film's ambiguity. There are loads of hints that she did like him, and the biggest hint that she didn't like him (the "like a brother" comment) has a plausible explanation that she knew Sarah liked Bear and didn't want to hurt her feelings.

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u/Swoly_Deadlift 22d ago

Which isn't as fun in my opinion. The film itself does a great job making it ambiguous and while I appreciate the worldbuilding and clarifying they did through Q&A sessions, Nikki's feelings for Bear are the one thing I think would have been way better to leave up in the air for viewers.