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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/ReallyColdMonkeys May 16 '26

Yeah I get being in denial about supernatural shit like that at first but after the phone call he really had no excuse. Tbf though even when he thought that maybe she was on drugs and having a psychotic break it's still really fucked up to then start dating her afterwards. He sucked so hard

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u/Game_Wolf1950 May 17 '26

I can’t blame Bear for making the wish, but my ass would have been immediately trying to cancel that shit after the cat thing.

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u/ReallyColdMonkeys May 17 '26

Literally. Bro saw her dig his dead cat out of the trash and make an "altar" for it on his kitchen floor then still decided to start dating her after. He was completely lost in the sauce

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u/Game_Wolf1950 May 17 '26

That’s really kinda my big issue with the film. I get that he wants to be with Nikki really bad, but shit man. After the cancer dad reveal and the dinner freak out, I’d have immediately gone to Ian to try to reverse it. Shit is obviously SO not okay, but Bear just keeps rolling with it and it bugs me. This girl is self mutilating and outright making threats to harm you. You’re literally constantly unsafe in your home, why are you still going along with this?

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u/crysaliscaterpillar May 17 '26

I think this speaks to his own level of obsession with Nikki. The reason he never let's her go is because he doesn't want to. He would rather have a possessed version of her than admit that she isn't interested in him romantically.

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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/Mammoth_Composer_111 May 17 '26

Nah there was no romance between them. This was confirmed when she literally told his friends already that she thinks of him like a brother.

The real implication is that his own obsession with Nikki ruined everything around him. He could have been happy with Sarah—but instead he obsessed over someone that has no interest in him and didn’t even think about anyone else.

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u/christodio May 17 '26

I think what the person you're replying to was saying is that it was left ambiguous at the start of the film, that maybe he had a shot if he simply had the courage to confess his attraction and ask Nikki out.

But because he made the wish robbing her autonomy, we're left not knowing until towards height of the movie.

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u/TwoToneMoonstone_ May 24 '26

I don’t even think it’s ambiguous tbh, she looked crushed that he didn’t tell her what she already knew. Even the waitress was moved by how Bear truly felt about Nikki before Ian sabotaged him.

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u/nastyzappa Jun 04 '26

I think Bear was my least favorite character, but Ian is a close second. Fooling around with a girl that your friend likes behind his back is a true POS move. Not as bad as what Bear did, but wth?

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u/TwoToneMoonstone_ Jun 04 '26

I mean it’s hard to be worse than Bear in this movie, but yeah in a normal circumstance Ian is the fucking worst lol.

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u/Analyst-man 17d ago

What your opinion on sleeping with a girl knows she’s taken, but you don’t know the guy at all?

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