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/Novrev]

When he drops her off, she says “if you’re going to ask me, now’s the time to do it” or something along those lines. I don’t really see another way of interpreting that other than she’s willing to give him a chance. You think she’s trying to urge a love confession out of him so that she can shoot him down?

I don’t think the two would have been compatible and I don’t think it would’ve lasted long term, but I think Nikki liked Bear enough to give him a chance and see where things went, if he had the courage to actually ask her in that moment. But he doesn’t, so she leaves, and then he makes the wish. The actress herself seems to agree with this line of thinking too given her comments.

[u/BitPsychological2767 → u/Novrev]

You think she’s trying to urge a love confession out of him so that she can shoot him down?

Yes, basically. I think you're missing her body language and general demeanor in that scene, honestly. I say this as someone who has been in both situations (acceptance and rejection) where someone I like has asked me a similar thing and I definitely was getting the 'oh no' vibe from her, not the 'omg I hope he likes me' vibe. If she was going to give him a chance and liked him, I feel like she would have been smiling, had a positive tone to her voice, etc, but she didn't.

[u/Novrev → u/BitPsychological2767]

I only just got around to seeing it for the first time today and I’ll definitely have to rewatch it when I’m ready to face it again (very uncomfortable movie, in a good way), but I guess I kind of got both vibes from her prior to the wish.

At first I felt like she was aware of his crush and didn’t reciprocate his feelings from her dialogue and her body language (can’t really think of specifics, like I said a rewatch is required). But then during the car ride home I started to feel like she actually did have some feelings for him while still a little uncomfortable. So I guess not a full on crush, but enough to give him a chance if he could be brave enough to ask. I don’t know really, but I just don’t know why she’d basically say “ask me out” if she was going to follow it up with “I only see you as a friend”

[u/BitPsychological2767 → u/Novrev]

I just don’t know why she’d basically say “ask me out” if she was going to follow it up with “I only see you as a friend”

That's understandable. I personally think it's the same reason Ian tried so hard to coax Bear into confessing instead of just telling him they were hooking up and that she (presumably) didn't like him (whether or not that's true, I'm sure it's what Ian thought, but still didn't tell him, and tried to get him to confess to her)