Three loved ones perish after three successful wishes granted with her being none the wiser to the consequences. Admittedly, Clare doesn’t actually realize that there is a blood price for her wishful actions, but that’s because she’s a self-absorbed dumbass and also cluelessly written. I should have fucking known once I was made aware the film was set in modern day high school that the wishes would be astronomically dumb nonsense demanded by equally stupid classmates, but this level of shallow selfishness on display is unprecedented. YOU JUST LOST YOUR CHILDHOOD DOG (it’s not a big spoiler as it happens not even 20 minutes in), THE LAST LINK TO YOUR TRAGICALLY SUICIDE DECEASED MOTHER, and THIS is what’s on your mind? At one point in the movie when multiple loved ones have already died accidental Final Destination style deaths, she literally picks up the trash found magical ancient Chinese musical box and vocally expresses her desire to be the most popular girl in her school. It’s safe to say that goodie-two-shoes heroes don’t necessarily make for complex or intriguing storytelling, but Wish Upon runs so far in the other direction with high-school teenager outcast Clare (Joey King of Independence Day: Resurgence and The Conjuring) that the audience will wish upon her demise. Starring Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park, and Elisabeth Röhm.Ī teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.
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