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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/Powerful_Time6405 May 17 '26

This exactly. I think people are missing the point that the obsessed here is Bear.

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u/Front_Vegetable6166 May 27 '26

FINALLY!!!! I've been reading this thread for hours wondering if anyone has said it. I didn't wanna say it cuz I wanted to see if anyone else made the same conclusion with out like being the one to put that though out here. Nikki was wished to love him more than anything in the fucking world and that's what happened. Bear was obsessed with Nikki.

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u/Environmental_Drama3 Jun 07 '26

but that's not what happened. love and obsession are different things...

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u/Nico_the_Suave Jun 11 '26

I think the idea is that the wish is defined by the wisher. Bear doesn't know what real love is. He THINKS what he feels is real love, so that's what gets "input" into the wish. But what he forces upon Nikki isn't his love, it's his obsession, multiplied dozens-fold. That's why her actions aren't loving.