What You Wish For

In Theaters Fri May 31

1 hr. 41 min.

Mystery & Thriller

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Ryan (Nick Stahl) is a talented, down-on-his-luck chef with crushing gambling problems. Circumstances being what they are, he leaves town in a hurry for the safe haven of an unnamed Latin American country where his friend Jack (Brian Groh), a more prestigious chef with his own unique troubles, welcomes him into his home. Ryan has no idea how Jack's able to afford his extravagant lifestyle cooking for the elite in paradise; he doesn't want to feel envious, yet he can't help but want this life for himself as well. Soon, a grim twist of fate will give that to him. Ryan assumes his friend's identity and soon discovers just what Jack's been doing to maintain the lifestyle he so desperately craved.

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Tim Grierson

Screen International

Unfortunately, What You Wish For ultimately does not amount to much as either a thriller or as a commentary on the ways the rich exploit those beneath them.

Aug 1, 2023

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Fred Topel

United Press International

Plays like the B-movie knockoff of last year's The Menu. While Wish would have been in the works before The Menu premiered, a side-by-side comparison shows what the bigger studio version got so right.

Oct 14, 2023

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Preston Barta

Fresh Fiction

Tomnay serves a thriller that cooks your nerves, fires up your brain and pokes your funny bone with its dark humor. [It has] the intensity and awesome messed-upness of 'The Menu' and 'Fresh.'

Rated: B+

Oct 12, 2023

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Mary Beth McAndrews

Dread Central

‘What You Wish For’ is a delightfully skeezy thriller about desperation and searching for that one life-changing meal.

Rated: 4.5/5

Oct 11, 2023

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Matt Donato

Slashfilm

"What You Wish For" serves sophisticated suspense on a silver platter.

Rated: 7.5/10

Oct 7, 2023

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

A worthy cousin to The Menu in terms of culinary thrillers that delivers its Hitchcockian turns with real glee and leaves plenty of room for commentary on the corporate trickle-down syndrome that wants workers grateful to be part of their enterprise.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 4, 2023

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Synopsis

Ryan (Nick Stahl) is a talented, down-on-his-luck chef with crushing gambling problems. Circumstances being what they are, he leaves town in a hurry for the safe haven of an unnamed Latin American country where his friend Jack (Brian Groh), a more prestigious chef with his own unique troubles, welcomes him into his home. Ryan has no idea how Jack's able to afford his extravagant lifestyle cooking for the elite in paradise; he doesn't want to feel envious, yet he can't help but want this life for himself as well. Soon, a grim twist of fate will give that to him. Ryan assumes his friend's identity and soon discovers just what Jack's been doing to maintain the lifestyle he so desperately craved.

Director: Nicholas Tomnay
Screenwriter: Nicholas Tomnay
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Freestyle Picture Company, Evergreen Avenue, Jaguar Bite
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 31, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 31, 2024