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Wish upon the movie2/14/2023 Either one has more surprises than Wish Upon, in which audience members start to hope that when poor papa Phillippe gets a flat tire that he will become the next victim and be put out of the misery that continued for viewers until the very predictable and only moderately grisly end. When it comes to beware-of-what-you-wish for movies, I’ll stick with the classic comedy Bedazzled starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, later limply remade with Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley. Stripped of suspense by cinematographer-turned-director Jonathan Leonetti ( Annabelle) and written without conviction by Barbara Marshall ( Viral), this is one of those summer filler movies begging the question: How did this get made when so many good films never escape development purgatory? There’s death by garbage disposal (been there, seen that), elevator (saw that coming) chain saw (not quite a massacre). Since there are seven wishes, it’s pretty much a lather-rinse-repeat cycle. There’s little time to enjoy this dubious triumph because each wish comes with a downside, starting with the disappearance of Claire’s beloved pooch. Avoiding the obvious-world peace, cure for cancer, etc.-Claire wishes for her rival to rot. “No” cries the audience, or at least those who, at the beginning, care. Inevitably, the plucky but unpopular high school student, oppressed by the generic disdain of the school’s requisite blonde bitch, starts to wish on the freaky box. While the audience is crying put that cursed antique back, please, naturally he doesn’t, or there wouldn’t be much of a movie.
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