What You Wish For
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: May 31, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesJun 14, 2024
What You Wish For is everything you could wish for in a well-lit plunge into the abyss. The script’s condemnation of the class system is much more potent than the overrated, sneering misfire The Menu. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithJun 7, 2024
Without straining to make an obvious point, Mr. Tomnay uses black comedy and shocking splatters of gore to tweak the class of jaded plutocrats who are as asset-rich as they are morals-poor. Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedJun 27, 2024
Writer-director Nicholas Tomnay knows how to make maximum use of plot twists that keep an audience on its toes, and Nick Stahl is a skillful master of how to move the gore with exactly the right pace to exude charm in spite of his character’s ongoing toxicity. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJun 13, 2024
Stahl’s acting has always had a quiet power, communicating roiling emotional distress under an often vaguely menacing stillness. This gives a fresh perspective to Ryan’s eventual impotence as he negotiates his new identity. Read full review
70
Screen RantAbigail StevensJun 7, 2024
What You Wish For posits that the cycle of working for an evil, self-righteous entity never stops. Read full review
60
VarietyCourtney HowardMay 30, 2024
Filmmaker Nicholas Tomnay’s sophomore feature percolates with atmospheric dread and austerity, but only superficially explores the twisted amorality of the 1% and those who service their whims. While not always successful in cooking up tantalizing commentary on human behavior, it offers a decent helping of Hitchcockian intrigue. Read full review
40
ColliderChase HutchinsonJun 5, 2024
Though it assembles some of the right ingredients before laying them out before you, it never proceeds to arrange them in any particularly interesting or entertaining way. Read full review
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