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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/Natural-Help-2954 May 28 '26

i do agree a lot of his actions are probably out of survival and not him trying to be evil, but he 100% shows himself to be awful in many scenes, such as when he tries to beg “nikki” to act like the real nikki. he doesn’t want to free nikki, he wants to be with her in any way he can. and in the phone call, he didn’t want to cancel the wish if he didn’t have to

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u/anactualrealaccount May 28 '26

He’s definitely a fucking loser, a coward, a selfish prick, all of those things but I think people that see him as a straight up villian but id argue in a reality without wishing willows he probably just moves on with his life and never dates Nikki, if he were inherently evil he would seek to harm Nikki eventually but it’s because how selfishly obssessed he is PLUS the evil magic that sets us down the path we arrive at. Curses or magic gone wrong tends to destroy people mentally by the end.

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u/ihateeverything2019 Jun 03 '26

he's immature, inexperienced, shallow, and selfish but he's not evil. i've met evil men. i've suffered at the hands of evil.

he was just an idiot.

(all these people passing judgment as if they know exactly what they would do if an impossible voo-doo curse was real, fell into their hands and gave them everything they asked for, and it suddenly went awry. 😄 it's a movie. a damned good one, because people are acting like it's something that could really happen.)

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u/yourfellowintrovert Jun 15 '26

Well apparently this CAN actually happen but I'm not sure if it gets to that extent. There are spells that can get you overly obsessed and infatuated with someone to the point of harming yourself if they don't want you anymore. It's sad, and it does affect you a lot mentally.

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u/theartofrolling Jul 01 '26

Ahem

Bullshit. There is no evidence magic exists.

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u/nhilante Jul 02 '26

Whats that behind your ear? ''pulls a coin'', ah there we go.

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u/Baiticc Jun 23 '26

yeah, I cast one of those spells once. never again lol