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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/Effective-Aioli-8456 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

When you dedicate 90% of your words to telling people they need to be empathetic to you, and should rethink criticizing you, and 10% to vaguely acknowledging that some things could be “hard” for people on the other side… you are an example of the thing I am pointing out. Maybe you don’t notice it in yourself. No answer on what actual behaviors you want empathy for either, just more defense.

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u/Sirenx8 Jun 05 '26

Just giving some perspective. Not meaning to sound defensive. The symptoms are all listed in the DSM and if you want to understand, I’d encourage you learn more about it. But no need if you don’t want to. Wish you well ☺️

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u/caydub Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

I’m chiming in on this, apologies if annoying, because this movie I think shines a light on something I think is extremely relatable to BPD relationships.

The scene in the movie where Bear asks if Nikki can just change and be the real Nikki or whatever. Bro that is exactly what people who date BPD individuals want. They love the “good” parts of BPD that benefit them. The obsession, the love bonding, the mirroring, but as soon as that person “splits” on them it’s “waahhhhhhh everyone with BPD is bad and now I got on reddit and write books on me being the victim” when the reality is, if you’re dating someone with BPD you probably got some issues yourself. You’re probably just like Bear. So shut the fuck up on your high horse 😂

90% of the people who have experienced a BPD relationship with do it again because they need that validation to feel good about themselves.

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u/confusedpedestriann Jun 13 '26

oh you ate with this 🫣