Wish Upon

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Wish Upon

PG-13

2017

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Feels like the result of some kind of diabolical, chimpanzee-fingered pact.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 28, 2017

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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

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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

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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

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Jessica Lee G

a dumber Final Destination with a box.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/10/25

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Tropes and garbage!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/25

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Bill T.

The movie Wish Upon starring Joey king is a really good parasite film about a magical box. I don’t want to say too much more about the movie as to give away its premise and I don’t want to be a spoiler. But the film uh makes this fantasy almost believable and has some valuable lessons within the film also some horrific violence so I would not recommend this film to 12 or under people. The Joey king does a magnificent job in this film getting the message across. I will probably give this film an 8 out of 10 stars.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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Brandon L.

It was good at points but ok otherwise I liked it enough to give it 3 stars so

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/04/25

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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

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Craig K

This movie was fairly entertaining.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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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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