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Wish Upon

Play trailer 1:48 Poster for Wish Upon PG-13 Released Jul 14, 2017 1h 29m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Jonathan Shannon (Ryan Phillippe) gives his 17-year-old daughter Clare (Joey King) an old music box that promises to grant its owner seven wishes. Skeptical at first, Clare becomes seduced by its dark powers when her life starts to radically improve with each wish. Everything seems perfect until she realizes that every wish she makes causes the people who are closest to her to die in violent and elaborate ways.
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Wish Upon is neither scary nor original, but its fundamental flaws as a horror movie may make it destination viewing for after-midnight camp genre enthusiasts.

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Tara Brady Irish Times It won't do much for grown-ups, but a camp slumber-party classic is born. Rated: 2/5 Aug 15, 2017 Full Review Simran Hans Observer (UK) Fashioning itself as a teen horror, Wish Upon is far too tame for most actual adolescents ... Rated: 2/5 Jul 30, 2017 Full Review Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) Feels like the result of some kind of diabolical, chimpanzee-fingered pact. Rated: 1/5 Jul 28, 2017 Full Review Leigh Monson Substream Magazine Wish Upon feels like the offspring of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Final Destination, yet is content to remain a C student and coast on the success of its parents. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 25, 2020 Full Review Vincent Schilling Indian Country Today "Be careful what you wish for Clare, the demon might come after your soul. Of course, I wanted the filmmakers to develop that concept a bit more." Rated: 7.4/10 Jul 13, 2020 Full Review Allen Almachar The MacGuffin Wish Upon is pure empty space, a nothing experience that tries to take the easy path to its scares. Rated: C- Jul 13, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Odessa B. Very predictable, reminds me of final destinations. A very good movie tho! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/29/25 Full Review Craig K This movie was fairly entertaining. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review Sparrow S This movie is hardly even fun bad and extremely predictable. Some scenes go in an interesting direction and are teased to build adrenaline but ultimately disappoint. It’s clear the intention here was to preserve a PG-13 rating probably for an easier money grab. The acting is also void of any accurate emotion. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review Penguin P The rating system on RT is wrong, I want to recommend this badly but for all the wrong reasons. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/07/25 Full Review Michael P Nice idea but I have no idea what I just watched. Bonus star for the end. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review Jens B If a random GOOSEBUMPS tale and the fake-facebook-is-killing-people-movie that rips off UNFRIENDED had a mentally challenged baby. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jonathan Shannon (Ryan Phillippe) gives his 17-year-old daughter Clare (Joey King) an old music box that promises to grant its owner seven wishes. Skeptical at first, Clare becomes seduced by its dark powers when her life starts to radically improve with each wish. Everything seems perfect until she realizes that every wish she makes causes the people who are closest to her to die in violent and elaborate ways.
Director
John R. Leonetti
Producer
Sherryl Clark
Screenwriter
Barbara Marshall
Distributor
Broad Green Pictures
Production Co
Orion Pictures, Busted Shark, Broad Green Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Language|Violent and Disturbing Images)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 14, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.3M
Runtime
1h 29m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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