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Wish Upon

2017

John R. Leonetti

Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Elisabeth Röhm, Sherilyn Fenn ...

4.5

2,596

Horror. Fantasy When a 17 year old girl (Joey King) is given a mysterious music box, her wishes start coming true. But she slowly discovers there’s a ‘bloody price’ attached to each new wish.

	Media	Author	Review
		Andrew Barker Variety	"[A] gangly mess (...) 'Wish Upon' is a pretty bad movie. But its badness is of such a distinct and kooky character that it can't help but exert an inadvertent charm."
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Director Leonetti (Annabelle) keeps the proceedings admirably fast paced (...) and Barbara Marshall’s screenplay captures the everyday angst and silliness of teen life effectively. But otherwise it’s strictly by-the-numbers, including such inevitable clichés"
		Emily Yoshida Vulture	"A deeply silly midsummer lark that makes up for the fact that it’s about nothing by being incredibly entertaining (...) The silly horror film 'Wish Upon' is a future camp classic"
		Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	""Wish Upon" is another one of those movies that would be memorable if it were a lot better or a lot worse. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Hartlaub SFGATE	"This isn’t close to being a great movie. But if you don’t overthink it, there is some fun to be had in the grisly consequences."
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Incompetent 'Final Destination' rip-off is scare-free (...) [It] fails on almost every conceivable level (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"'Wish Upon' would rather make you jump than gag. The splatter is deployed cautiously and sometimes wittily"
		Luke Y. Thompson Forbes	"[It] is just inert (...) It never really scores because it never truly swings (...) I wish we had better"

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