There's a scene near the beginning of Obsession when shy, insecure, 20-something music-store employee Bear (Michael Johnston) is given multiple opportunities to, at long last, confess his romantic feelings to his childhood friend, coworker, and longtime crush Nikki (a scene-stealing Inde Navarrette). Instead, he chickens out, allowing her to retreat inside her home without telling her about his overwhelming crush.
If there's a message writer-director Curry Barker was trying to send about modern dating culture in Obsession, he says it has to do with the importance of putting yourself out there. "We live in a world where everybody's on the internet and human connection feels like it's at an all-time low," Barker tells TIME. "Bear is a guy who's too scared. A lot of things would have been avoided in this movie if he had just told her how he felt."
The wish Bear (Michael Johnston) makes on his 'One Wish Willow' takes hold of Nikki (Inde Navarrette) in Obsession. —Focus Features
As for what drew Barker to the age-old "be careful what you wish for" trope in Obsession, the filmmaker says he wanted to explore how our deepest desires tend to revolve around personal gain. "Any time you wish for something, it's probably going to be selfish," he says. "When people ask me, 'Curry, if you had one wish, what would it be?', I always say, 'That the movie does really great at the box office,' and it kind of gets a laugh. But really, that's pretty selfish. I could wish for world peace."
'Love should be earned'
(L-R): Michael Johnston as Bear, Megan Lawless as Sarah, and Cooper Tomlinson as Ian in Obsession. —Focus FeaturesWhile Bear is presented as the stereotypical "nice guy" who's been friend-zoned by his crush, his handling of the situation quickly turns sinister. Despite Nikki's increasingly erratic and terrifying behavior, their friends' concerns, and his own realization that her affection is totally artificial, Bear doesn't seem to care that his dream relationship is not only fake, but highly abusive. "The moment you're supposed to realize Bear 100% knows what's going on is at the restaurant when he asks her point blank, 'You love me more than anyone in the world?', which was the exact wording of his wish," Barker says, referencing a scene that takes place not long after Nikki's abrupt change of heart. "Then when Nikki says, 'Why does it matter?' He says, 'It doesn't matter to me.' And it's confirmed."
We won't spoil how Obsession arrives at its gruesome climax, but suffice it to say it will probably make you think twice about ever wishing for a crush to like you back—even if you don't have a mysteriously supernatural trinket in hand. As Barker puts it, "Love should be earned. Anything that's not that probably isn't going to work out."
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