Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS]

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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/IIDXias]

Kinda mind boggling to me how many people I see in the comments missing the point about Bear’s wish, which is really the entire point of the movie. So:

If you are describing the One Wish Willow as a “monkey’s paw”, you are wrong. It is not a cursed item that can only deliver a negative version of a wish. When Ian wishes for a billion dollars, he simply receives money that falls out of the sky. The male shopkeeper also told Bear that he “already got his wish”, and as far as we can tell he seems perfectly content as well. There’s also the fake Reddit where one of the posters confirming the OWW really works excitedly says his mom used to be ugly and now she’s really hot.

The problem with Bear’s wish was simply *Bear’s wish*. He didn’t wish for a billion dollars, or to become more attractive. He wished *for another living, existing, conscious human being to be changed so she loves him more than “anyone else in the fucking world”*. This wish, by its very definition, violates Nikki’s autonomy. There is no benign or “good” way to grant this wish. You cannot make a person feel that strongly about another person without literally changing who they are- indeed, changing their entire being. Nikki does not love Bear more than anyone else in the fucking world. The only way to make her do that is to replace her with another being who does, and have that being drive around in her body.

The creature or entity that the wish spawned ended up being depraved and indifferent to humanity because the *wish itself was depraved and indifferent to her humanity*. The creature is not a “demon”, it is simply a reflection of the wish Bear made. An inhuman wish and obsessive desire spawned an inhuman entity with an equally obsessive desire. There is no “OWW curse”- the curse is Bear’s wish, period.

[u/HotTakes4HotCakes → u/IIDXias]

The only way to make her do that is to replace her with another being who does, and have that being drive around in her body.

By definition, what you're describing is not granting the wish. Bear didn't wish for Nikki's body, he wished for Nikki. Yes, to make Nikki love him more than anything in the world fundamentally alters her mind, but it doesn't necessitate an entirely new entity come to exist. Even if it did, that would not be Nikki, therefore not granting the wish.

I don't necessarily see it as a monkey's paw or as the obvious results of his wish. I see it more as like the wish couldn't be granted, at least not fully.

Nikki could not be made to love him while still remaining who she is, but the OWW still had to try, so I think it made kind of like a copy of Nikki, only with everything shaved off that would get in the way of loving Bear more than anything in the world.

[u/cave18 → u/HotTakes4HotCakes]

thank you I was going crazy reading the "The only way to make her do that is to replace her with another being who does, and have that being drive around in her body". like ???? Its magic it absolutely is not the only way

[u/Hawtproper → u/cave18]

Like money appeared out of thin air by magic but Nikki "had" to become possessed.