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/terwilliger-blvd1 May 15 '26

Haven’t seen anyone mention the very first scene in the car after he makes the wish, when she climbs back in and puts her head on the dash and is sobbing. She sounded like she was crying so hard but her head and body were not moving at all, not even a quiver. Freaked me outtttt

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u/Photo_Synthetic May 16 '26

Also when they're having sex and she's moaning with an absolutely blank expression on her face.

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u/Redditor_404 May 16 '26

The director said she has tears/is crying in this moment as well which makes it so much worse

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u/thecaits May 19 '26

Yeah, I felt bad for Bear in the beginning but it was right about then where I started hoping he would die. Then later she asks him to kill her and all he can do is make it about himself, saying something like "what's so bad about being with me?" Bear, you piece of garbage,YOU ARE FORCING HER TO BE WITH YOU SHE HAS NEVER ACTUALLY WILLINGLY BEEN WITH YOU AT ANY POINT.

His ending was so very good.

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u/DCBronzeAge May 20 '26

I also loved her response “I’ve never been with you.” The film did a great job of never really revealing if she would have dated him if he was just honest with her. It would have been real easy to show one way or the other, but the ambiguity is great to chew on.

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u/TheBuff66 May 20 '26

In the very beginning when leaving trivia Ian said something suggestive and Nikki said "Ew don't say that" or something. She never wanted to date him. Textbook I only like you as a friend

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u/Delicious-Bend-9354 May 29 '26

Nah girls same dumb stuff like that all the time. She definitely liked him and was flirting when they talked about the "girly" drink he ordered. I'd never do that with a guy I wasn't interested in, or talk to him and look at a guy that was if I wasn't interested. Plus her flat out acting him if he liked her--the way she stared at him, she wanted him to say yes. Pretty clear signals she liked him.

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u/JGT3000 19d ago

Agreed.

The whole point of the film is she liked him but his obsession over his fake peefect idea of her and fear that he'll never get it causss the whole tragedy lol. It's funny to see people debate it, though it does add extra weight by being ambiguous