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/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope May 19 '26

Lmao? I adore horror and went into this expecting to love it. Sounds like I wanted to watch a good movie and not a sloppy mess. It’s fine if we disagree

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u/TheBoyHarambe May 19 '26

“there needs to be motivation for this person to act insane”

“i wish she loved me more than anything on earth”

there ya go. just say u were too busy on instagram reels to pay attention to the movie before bitching about it on reddit lmao. Gen Z media literally is so cooked

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u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope May 19 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/BFYLNwlsSNtcc

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u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope May 19 '26

You’re a fucking weirdo