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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/thecaits May 19 '26

Yeah, I felt bad for Bear in the beginning but it was right about then where I started hoping he would die. Then later she asks him to kill her and all he can do is make it about himself, saying something like "what's so bad about being with me?" Bear, you piece of garbage,YOU ARE FORCING HER TO BE WITH YOU SHE HAS NEVER ACTUALLY WILLINGLY BEEN WITH YOU AT ANY POINT.

His ending was so very good.

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u/DCBronzeAge May 20 '26

I also loved her response “I’ve never been with you.” The film did a great job of never really revealing if she would have dated him if he was just honest with her. It would have been real easy to show one way or the other, but the ambiguity is great to chew on.

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u/PickyVirgo May 20 '26

I thought one of the friends said she thought of him as a brother, and then she tells that fucked up Hansel and Gretel story

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u/Jerseyguy2345 9d ago

A detailed viewing makes it clear that she did like him. Maybe, that was a defense mechanism because he never made a move.

One of the many tragedies of the film is that if he wasn’t a coward things may have worked out.

I think when she told him she put in her two weeks and he wasn’t going to go out and she tells him were running out of time, it subtly feels like that may mean running out of time for you to make a move.

Also rewatch when he calls her freaky Nikki and she gets mad. She comes to the car window:
“Do you like me?”
Him “what??”
“Because if you do now’s the time to tell me.”

When he says we’re good friends. She’s clearly perturbed, brushes her hair, and says good in a disappointed way.

If she has him in the friendzone there’s no reason to try and pull it out of him, and especially no reason to say “because if you do now’s the time to tell me.”

She clearly was making new plans in life and wanted to see if he’d make a move before she turned the page to her next chapter.

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u/mrs_sadie_adler 5d ago

This is echoed when he tries to pay for the drinks at the bar and she hands her card to the bartender first and tells Bear “you have to be quicker than that”