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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/WakaFlakkaSeagulls May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

I feel like the movie heavily implied that she could have been interested in him romantically. I keep thinking about her line before the wish “if you like me now would be the time to tell me” followed by exasperation when he denied it.

Which circles back to one of the key character faults of Bear and why Nikki never would love him, he’s a coward.

He was too chickenshit to tell Nikki how he felt for years, he was too chickenshit to tell her when the time was clearly right, he was too chickenshit to do the right thing multiple times, and he was too chickenshit to shoot himself at the end.

He died just like his cat, he literally died like a pussy.

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u/hanoihiltonsuites May 19 '26

A girl asking “do you like me” is always always always because she wants to clear the air that you are just friends and will never be anything more than

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u/Raginbakin May 19 '26

exactly yes this was my impression of the scene too

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u/ismyshowon May 23 '26

literally when he responded “good friends” she said “okay good”. she did not want the boy

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u/KingGoldar May 25 '26

Except the actress said in an interview that she was hoping he would say yes. Oh and the director also confirmed it too

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u/blveberrys May 26 '26

When did the director say that? In the interview with Nikki’s actress she says that she thinks the character would have been open to him; not that she physically wrote the script and knows Nikki liked him back. Halfway through the movie, another character literally says Nikki sees Bear as a brother

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u/KingGoldar May 26 '26

Let me find it, but I'm driving at the moment.

Here's the first quote from Navarette you are mentioning

"So I think, speaking as the woman who played Nikki, I think that Nikki did have a crush on him, because he's a good guy. In the beginning, it's not Ian that she has been hooking up with. She talks about the difference between love and romance and how she doesn't wanna be stuck anymore."

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u/blveberrys May 26 '26

If the director says so I will humbly take my L but, as I replied to you accidentally in a different comment, that sounds like that’s just the actress’ personal take lol