So when her dad (Ryan Phillippe) gifts her an old music box with an inscription that promises to grant the owners wishes, she thinks there is nothing to lose. Leonetti (cinematographer of The Conjuring and Insidious), which only makes Wish Upon all the more disappointing.Īs blockbuster after blockbuster comes out in July, passing on this stinker is in your best interest. Summary: 17-year-old Clare Shannon (Joey King) is barely surviving the hell that is high school, along with her friends Meredith (Sydney Park) and June (Shannon Purser).
There is talent in the movie and there is talent behind the camera with John R. One moviegoer in my screening even fell asleep during the climax of the film. Phillippe randomly playing the saxophone and King referring to girls as a male secretion will elicit “what the f***?” laughs. Unintentional laughs can be had when the movie is incredibly tone deaf. The filmmakers try to add additional intrigue to the movie by throwing in a couple of twists at the end and sadly, like everything else during the 90-minute run time, it was predictable. There is fun energy between the two of them, but the pairing is nowhere close to saving the film. Ki Hong Lee ( Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) plays Ryan Hui, Joey’s love interest and navigator of the box as they try to rid themselves of it and its consequences. The consequences were low stakes and made the film feel all the more cheesy. In practice, it could have been explored and extrapolated, but they decided to dance around the subject too much. The idea of a teen being self-indulgent with their wishes isn’t a bad idea in thought. Tonally, the movie switches way too much and is paced haphazardly. It is a shame with Phillippe and King involved that the movie had two good actors who have previously done well in the genre.Įven horror favorites like Shannon Purser (Barb from Stranger Things) and Sherilyn Fenn ( Twin Peaks), who play Joey’s friend and neighbor, get wasted in roles that get passing attention. All deaths are veiled in one way or another and the only real suspense is around close calls that become all too predictable. But too often, the film feels like it doesn’t even try.
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Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t break any new ground and delves into more of a Final Destination remake than anything else.Īs a PG-13 film, you get very little free reign in the gore and horror department. In fact, for a horror film, it gives a big canvas for the movie to work with. The premise itself for the film isn’t terrible.
The problem becomes that for every wish granted, something else in her universe gets taken away. It doesn’t matter how big or small they are those wishes get granted. What Clare soon finds out is that the box grants wishes. This box, however, has unimaginable powers as well as having Chinese script on the box. Given the father’s scrapping proclivity, he comes across a box that he finds in the trash.
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