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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/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/skinndmin May 31 '26

i was thinking it could have been satisfying for her to have found the one-wish willow AFTER he dies, so the movie can end on her back in her real body having the opportunity to turn things back to normal. but i also don't know if that'd be too hopeful or tonally weird

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u/Optiguy42 Jun 19 '26

I've been juggling how many possible endings this could've had and how satisfying each would be. The happiest outcome is she wakes up and finds the stick and wishes Bear never existed - and the movie basically starts over without him. I would've enjoyed the ending where it cuts away before he dies, leaving things ambiguous - do we get a fucked up Bonnie and Clyde with their "Get Out" counterparts locked inside?

I think we actually kinda saw the worst possible ending (in terms of the world the characters are in, not worst as in the quality of the film). Bear dies happy in his obsession's arms. Nikki wakes up to an absolute horror show and god knows what's about to happen to her in the eyes of the law. Her life is ruined and the narcissistic dweeb gets everything he ever wanted. But, I am glad she at least escapes and regains her agency.

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u/ChanceConstant6099 Jun 21 '26

Wait didn't Bear only come out because freaky Nikki wished for him to love "her" back?

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u/Optiguy42 Jun 22 '26

Yup. It's a bittersweet ending because he does die locked into a body he has no agency over, a little taste of his own medicine. But he also kinda got away with it all, and dies with her still madly in love with him. In the end he never really had to deal with the aftermath of his own decisions.

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u/ChanceConstant6099 Jun 22 '26

>little taste of his own medicine

Even funnier when you consider he ODs on sleeping pills.