Careful What You Wish For

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Careful What You Wish For

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2016

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

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Complications arise when a young man (Nick Jonas) has an affair with the seductive wife (Isabel Lucas) of an investment banker (Dermot Mulroney).

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Critics Consensus

Audiences yearning for a modern update on the erotic thriller formula will be sorely disappointed by this turgid incarnation, hobbled by stale plotting and a curious lack of sensuality.

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Katie Walsh

Los Angeles Times

Everything that comes before is rote and by-the-book, from the groan-worthy innuendo-laden puns to the two-dimensional cookie-cutter characters, it's a color-by-numbers thriller that's flat.

Jun 24, 2016

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Kristy Puchko

Pajiba

Careful What You Wish For is the unwanted child of Porn and Lifetime made-for-TV movies.

Jun 10, 2016

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Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

Plays like a painfully stilted high school production of "Fatal Attraction."

Rated: 0/4

Jun 10, 2016

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Stephen Mayne

Under the Radar

As a purported erotic thriller, it's neither particularly erotic nor remotely thrilling.

Rated: 3/10

Jun 29, 2016

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S. Jhoanna Robledo

Common Sense Media

Nick Jonas stars in clichd thriller with sex, language.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 24, 2016

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Glenn Lovell

CinemaDope

In the mood for a teen twist on a James Cain mystery, with a soupcon of T&A? You could do worse than this slick variation on 'Double Indemnity.' ... The cinematic equivalent to beach reading.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 19, 2016

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Bisquiteen T

The most mid people you've ever seen are having the most mid sex ever, in the laziest "thriller" of all time. Calling the movie "mid" would actually be a compliment.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Wendel L

Direção: Bom Atuação: Ok Roteiro: Bom Caracterização: Ok Soundtrack: Ok

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/25

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Stephen O

Exactly what it says on the tin, though it's paint by numbers plot effectively conceals a pretty decent twist ending. Not great, but certainly not awful.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/25

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Audience Member

The lead actress looks like a bean pole. Weighing in at 74 pounds is this broad who's a horrible actress. No thanks. The movie itself was terrible and deserved to go straight to video. You'd have more fun watching cartoons.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Eh. It's an ok movie. A one and done viewing movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

This movie was a thrill ride. I enjoyed this film because it was a clever and had some very crazy plot twists.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

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Synopsis

Complications arise when a young man (Nick Jonas) has an affair with the seductive wife (Isabel Lucas) of an investment banker (Dermot Mulroney).

Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Michael A. Helfant, Robert L. Stein, Bradley Gallo, Kirk D'Amico
Screenwriter: Chris Frisina
Distributor: Starz Digital Media
Production Co: Troika Pictures
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content/Nudity|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 10, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 31m

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