"What You Wish For" is a dish you bite into thinking it's one temperature but realize after chewing it over that its true heat breaks late...
A movie about a man's lies getting him deeper and deeper into trouble...A level of danger is inherent in what's taking place, and the stakes only get higher as the night progresses making your night disturbing...
Movies that will shake up and give you something new to digest. "What You Wish For" may have some twists you can smell coming from a few paces away,keeps you hungry to discover what happens in the final course...
Nick Stahl shines as Ryan from the very first moment he is on screen, all the way to the very end. Viewers go on quite the journey with him, and while he is a bit mysterious at first, it becomes rather easy to connect with him and root for him to make it safely through this experience...
Thankfully, "What You Wish For" does not force you to wait too long for this to happen...The first act is going to feel predictable, but the movie keeps enough twists and turns hidden for the third act, have no fear & perhaps the climax is indeed a biggest strength for the movie... Some scenes are a little difficult to watch, but "What You Wish For" never gets too gory, but there is an uneasy feeling that many will get during certain scenes...
Overall "What You Wish For" works extremely well as an entertaining and suspenseful thriller. It is dark, yet funny at times, and provides a social commentary that will resonate with many in different ways...
Movies that will shake up and give you something new to digest. "What You Wish For" may have some twists you can smell coming from a few paces away,keeps you hungry to discover what happens in the final course...
Nick Stahl shines as Ryan from the very first moment he is on screen, all the way to the very end. Viewers go on quite the journey with him, and while he is a bit mysterious at first, it becomes rather easy to connect with him and root for him to make it safely through this experience...
Thankfully, "What You Wish For" does not force you to wait too long for this to happen...The first act is going to feel predictable, but the movie keeps enough twists and turns hidden for the third act, have no fear & perhaps the climax is indeed a biggest strength for the movie... Some scenes are a little difficult to watch, but "What You Wish For" never gets too gory, but there is an uneasy feeling that many will get during certain scenes...
Overall "What You Wish For" works extremely well as an entertaining and suspenseful thriller. It is dark, yet funny at times, and provides a social commentary that will resonate with many in different ways...