Movie

What You Wish For

2024 · 102 min

A slick, queasy descent where charm curdles into dread, served with dry wit and a lingering aftertaste.

Tagline: Escape. Forever.
Overview: A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private chef. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something deeply unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers the motives of his mysterious clients.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Greed, identity, corruption, deception
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
identity
corruption
deception
survival
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild