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What You Wish For
Directed byNicholas Tomnay
Written byNicholas Tomnay
Produced by
Starring
Production
company
Release date
  • May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Box office$6,279[1]

What You Wish For is a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by Nicholas Tomnay, and starring Nick Stahl, Tamsin Topolski, Randy Vasquez and Penelope Mitchell.[2][3]

What You Wish For had limited theatrical release in United States on 31 May 2024.[1]

Plot

Ryan, a down-on-his-luck chef, flees from his gambling problems to a Latin American country to meet with Jack, his mate from the culinary school who now cooks for a shady entertainment company specialising in illegal dinner events with human flesh for high-end clientele. When Jack hangs himself, Ryan sees his suicide as an opportunity to escape from his own financial difficulties and takes Jack's place at the cooking table, after the company's killer "sources" a male local as "meat produce" for him to use when cooking an important meal for the clients of the company.

Cast

Release

What You Wish For was released in select cinemas in United States by Magnet Releasing on 31 May 2024.[4]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 33 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10.[5]

Kyle Smith of The Wall Street Journal stated "The pleasure it brings is comfortingly old-fashioned."[6]

Critic Glenn Kenny called the film a "spoiler" and wrote "...Hitchcock’s “Psycho” in which Norman Bates is dumping Marion Crane’s car, with her dead body in the trunk, into the swamp behind the Bates Motel. It sinks steadily for a while, then stalls, and we gasp. And we wonder, why are we gasping?"[7]

Courtney Howard of Variety was less enthusiastic about the film, stating "The obvious Aesop’s Fables-inspired lessons make what could’ve been an extraordinary meal into something far less memorable."[8]

Chase Hutchinson for Collider gave a negative statement on the film "..What You Wish For just leaves you wanting for the real meal to start rather than one that only pays lip service to its deeper ideas."[9]

Abigail Stevens of Screen Rant opined "Not everyone will amass massive gambling debts and will want a successful career for themselves, a plot hole What You Wish For doesn’t exactly address."[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "What You Wish For". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ^ "What You Wish For (2023)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ^ "What You Wish For". IGN. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ^ Renner, Amy. "What You Wish For Movie". Movie Insider. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ "What You Wish For". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  6. ^ Smith, Kyle (May 30, 2024). "'What You Wish For' Review: Sous-Chef Suspense". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  7. ^ Kenny, Glenn. "What You Wish For movie review (2024) | Roger Ebert". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  8. ^ Howard, Courtney (30 May 2024). "'What You Wish For' Review: Nick Stahl Serves a Devious Dish in This Taut but Half-Baked Thriller". Variety. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  9. ^ Hutchinson, Chase (31 May 2024). "'What You Wish For' Review: Imagine 'The Bear' Was a Destination Horror Movie". Collider. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  10. ^ Stevens, Abigail (1 June 2024). "What You Wish For Review: The Menu Part 2 Serves Up Grotesque Twists & Delicious Character Dynamics". Screen Rant. Retrieved 23 June 2024.