Careful What You Wish For
Starz Digital Media | Release Date: June 10, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleSteve RubensteinJun 9, 2016
It’s a taut erotic thriller with the obligatory plot twists and a surprise ending that isn’t all that much of a surprise because Careful What You Wish For is the kind of taut erotic thriller that comes with a surprise ending. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartJun 9, 2016
This erotic noir is about as substantial as one of its female lead’s string bikinis, but it’s an enjoyable trifle nonetheless. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJun 9, 2016
Careful What You Wish For is aiming for lusty, lurid, B-movie titillation, but it’s not nearly as sexy nor nearly as clever as it would like to be. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedJun 8, 2016
Sliding down the James Franco hole is not an attractive career goal, but in his (Jonas) new movie Careful What You Wish For, there is evidence that he is at least learning how to act. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJun 7, 2016
The dreary repetition of the affair sinks Careful What You Wish For. That, and the fact that both leads are lightweights. Lucas and Jonas are okay actors, but neither has the wit, gravity, or sensuality to stand up to the classic film noir duos they’re meant to evoke. Read full review
42
The Film StageJared MobarakJun 9, 2016
Sometimes thrillers of the “youthful stalker hits the sexual jackpot” variety can at least be entertaining in an ironic way, but that’s unfortunately not the case here. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 14, 2016
Jonas is, it should be said, the most likeable thing about this watered-down noir. Read full review
20
Village VoiceChris PackhamJun 9, 2016
Allen attempts to build a sense of mounting anxiety via the increasing suspicions of a tenacious insurance investigator, unexpected testimony from eyewitnesses, and Lena's squirrelly behavior, but pop star Jonas is incapable of making simple facial expressions, let alone evincing existential dread. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJun 9, 2016
It’s a color-by-numbers thriller that’s flat. Read full review
20
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJun 9, 2016
A film that tries to be both titillating and suspenseful but is neither. Read full review
20
TheWrapTricia OlszewskiJun 9, 2016
To be fair, the unraveling of “Careful” is not the fault of the stars. Read full review
0
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmJun 10, 2016
Elizabeth Allen’s generically titled thriller, Careful What You Wish For, plays like a painfully stilted high school production of “Fatal Attraction.” Read full review
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