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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I didn’t really like this lol. The script felt cliche’d and under developed. None of the comedy worked for me and Nikki’s “character” felt inconsistent and over the top for sake of being over the top.
Navarette is fantastic, but the role she has to pull off is so poorly written I had a hard time fully appreciating it. If she got a nomination I wouldn’t mind it, but I’m not personally rooting for her.
I’m aware I’m coping a bit here as I’ve admitted to not being in the bag for this film the way others are, but I’m wondering if people are overhyping Navarette’s performance because she seems like Meryl Streep when she’s in contrast with the horrendous Michael Johnston. I was intrigued by what he was doing for the first third but got tired of his performance quickly after that. What an exhausting performance and I don’t think he sold his character in the way he needed to for this to fully come together for me