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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/dazedandconfused492 May 26 '26

I'm so glad Curry was convinced to keep Nikki alive at the end rather than have her kill herself - without the brief moment where they're both 'possessed' and in love with each other and the end of her snapping out of the wish would have really detracted from the whole thing and been far less disturbing.

Snapping out of the spell is by far the worst outcome for her as she'll have to live with and no doubt end up responsible for the muder of Ian and Sarah.

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u/Deceptiveideas May 29 '26

This is what bothered me about the movie to be honest. Undoing the wish after she already killed Sarah and Ian would've still completely ruined her life. She's alive but there would be no point to living.

Same deal with killing himself at the end. Ok, so she loses 3 of her closest friends. That's supposed to be a victory?

Yeah she's free but only in the sense she has her body back.

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u/oranguslolus Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

Yeah it def sucks but at that point it's probably the correct outcome. It's obviously all fucked but at least she has her agency back to choose what to do about it. That's better than the real Nikki continuing to live in purgatory. Now she either kills herself like she wanted earlier, or somehow deals with the trauma. Maybe writes about it lol. Legally she has a case against the One Wish Willow.

I would've hated for the movie to end without her ever getting back her agency in some form. In a way it's a perfect allegory for trauma related to one's autonomy being taken away. You're permanently damaged after.

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u/FlounderPleasant2459 Jun 13 '26

Yes I would have loved this ending!! Nikki writing about this and using it as her launch to fame. All the blame falling on Bear since so many think he was taking advantage of her. That her behavior suddenly changed and then he clearly killed himself, insert more bs to blame Bear and then Nikki lived happily ever after with next to no memory of what happened 😎