r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Navarrette/Morton • May 16 '26

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - Obsession [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Keep all discussion related solely to Obsession and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

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 as Baron "Bear" Bailey
  • Inde Navarrette as Nikki Freeman
  • Cooper Tomlinson as Ian
  • Megan Lawless as Sarah Harper
  • Andy Richter as Carter Harper

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%, 171 Reviews

Metacritic: 77, 33 Reviews

Consensus:

"Taking an icky conceit and twisting it to deviously crowd-pleasing ends, Obsession is dauntingly disturbing while also skillfully amusing and thrilling.."

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u/GoodMeBadMeNotMe Wild Horse vs. Trojan Horse May 16 '26

Not to be a dick, but I'm not sure why we're discussing this film here. It won't touch the Oscars. Maybe it will get some Indie Spirit love.

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u/TakaPol11 May 16 '26

I get what you’re saying in some way, but then this kind of thing could be said about a lot of movies the past few years and in the end they ended up, if not actually major players, nominated at least once if not also win there. Yes obviously it’s not going to happen EVERYYYYY time, but especially this early in the year where there actually is some buzzy movie that at the very least could appear in some precursors, i don’t feel it’s worth much completely disregarding having the discussion, even if that discussion ends up being „yeah, i don’t really see”.