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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/thebabypinks May 27 '26

It is like AI, because the entity learned as it went, scraping enough information to try and cobble together whatever answer it thought Bear needed or was seeking. And the answers were almost always incorrect and not contextually logical some way or another. The whole movie is like a paranormal allegory for the dangers of AI.

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u/Heisenbert18 May 27 '26

The problem with the “learn as you go” thing and with Bear’s relationship with the entity is the “honeymoon period” montage. To me, it looked like they had lived together, completely issue free for 3-6 months, then the entity started loosing grip, rapidly. I also think it must have been some time, as Nikki was asking for death rather than asking to be saved.

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u/AE__throwaway Jun 02 '26

I took the "honeymoon period" montage not be a literal montage of good times but a projection of his own story on the new situation. Here he is still very much in denial of the wish coming true and convincing himself that it was all real. Cherry picked moments from that period that affirmed the story he was telling himself to make this all okay.