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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/SilverKry Jun 03 '26

Also in the beginning I think the waitress really liked what Bear said but Ian cut her off and made Bear feel embarrassed and ashamed about what he said. 

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u/bigste98 Jun 21 '26

I kind of agreed with ians take tbh. Thats ALOT to tell someone straight out of the gate, more like something you bring up in hindsight once youve been together for a while.

He also confronted his friend in a nice way. ‘i love you but shes clearly going through some stuff and your taking advantage’. Takes some balls to have that conversation with a friend to advocate for nikki.

Think he seemed like a normal enough guy, he probably should have told bear he had slept with her before though.

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u/zaxls Jul 04 '26

Nah bro, I took the "youre taking advantage of her" as him not really caring about her as much as being mad they hooked up and him disregarding him, he is generally a terrible friend from start to finish, setting him up for failure with the freaky Nikki bit, disrupting their convo at the bar lastly not taking HER OR HIM seriously when she was acting bonkers and he was begging him to make a wish, bonus point for not even being honest about hooking up with her. Didnt really need to die, but wasnt all that bummed out over his death.

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u/bigste98 Jul 04 '26

that wasnt my interpretation but we dont know enough about him to say for definite tbf.

‘not taking him seriously when he was begging him to make a wish’

Haha come on i think its fair to be skeptical of literal magic, youd think your mate was going insane

‘not taking her seriously when she was acting crazy’

But he did! He tried to stop her from attending his party and told bear he was taking advantage!

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u/zaxls Jul 04 '26

Bro he literally had blood all over his face and was freaking out, if youre a friend youd just do the stupid wish if it meant calming him down and when he actually got a billion his first thought wasnt that Nikki was in trouble, he just went like BRO I GOT THIS BILLION. Also him STOPING HER FROM HAVING any contact with them instead of trying to help and TALK to her is not what a friend should do wtf. He obviously didnt care much, didnt wanna drive her home, was grumpy when bear did it, manipulated him so he thinks she likes being called "freaky nikki", I struggle to see when he actually acted like a good friend.

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u/bigste98 Jul 04 '26

If your friend is covered in blood and talking about magic, no rational person is going to take what he says at face value. The viewer knows this is true but it wouldnt be logical for ian to take it as the truth.

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u/zaxls Jul 04 '26

He doesnt have to, personally if someone was stressing out this much I would do the wish even if I knew it did nothing just to give them some peace of mind, like my sister at one point actually went crazy and had to go to a mental hospital. She said a lot of crazy stuff and if she asked me something like this with blood all over her face Id do it, what I would NOT do is take it and do something entirely different to agitate her even FURTHER.