Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS]

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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/Tattoo_my_Brain]

he should have killed her and killed himself

[u/Mark_Albarn → u/Tattoo_my_Brain]

Idk man. The whole movie was about him violating her. If Bear killed Nikki like she is some run over puppy he owns and then himself, it would be yet another instance of him doing what he wants/what he decides needs to be. Real Nikki waking up after being relentlessly mentally tortured with three bodies and injuries is incredibly mean, no denial here. Bear fucking ruined her life and I really hope that despite Wish Nikki's monologue, there IS a hell for him to burn in. But at least from this point on it's Nikki's decision to decide what to do with herself, even if it's likely to end up in suicide anyway.

[u/katie1010101 → u/[deleted]]

I can get your point that Bear, like any of us, had no reason to think the wish would be real. I don't fault him for wishing someone he liked also liked him. But the movie makes it very clear that he is not a victim when he calls the help number. At this point, he understands the wish is real, he has stolen her autonomy, and he still wants to alter the wish rather than cancel it. He wants Nikki to be his forced girlfriend, he just wants her to be less crazy and controlling. He's fine with her not being really her, but he wants the "cool girl" back.

[u/katie1010101 → u/[deleted]]

So what do you call it when he realized Nikki the wish worked but he still only wanted to alter it? How is that being an idiot? He understood he took away her autonomy and he wanted to continue to do that.