What You Wish For

2023

Action / Horror / Thriller

42
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 76% · 36 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 11750 11.8K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Nick Tomnay Photo
Nick Tomnay

Top cast

Tamsin Topolski Photo
Tamsin Topolski as Imogene
Penelope Mitchell Photo
Penelope Mitchell as Alice
Norma Nivia Photo
Norma Nivia as Frankie
Nick Stahl Photo
Nick Stahl as Ryan
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934.83 MB
1280*582
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 21
934.6 MB
1280*582
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 7
1.87 GB
1920*872
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 23
1.87 GB
1920*872
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 33

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Otkon 7 / 10

I enjoyed this.

And the premise is either entirely improbable by any stretch of the imagination. Or...this is a very true-to-life "fictional" depiction by insiders of this one hundred percent (100%) totally happening international thing of people like this.Regardless. It is good fun. And once we are clued in as to what is really occurring, things get nicely tense and unpredictable. Do a lot of those things always make sense? Naw. Who cares. Are there so many things not cool with the entire deal and not just that one ingredient in the dessert? Yep. But hey, it's a crazy, carefree world these days.It was great going into this movie totally unaware of what it's about. And that made for a nicer experience.Oh and it has some dark humor in spots too.
Reviewed by yxfykbq 7 / 10

Could be a tv show

"What You Wish For" had the potential to be a binge-worthy limited series. The premise of a down-on-his-luck chef impersonating a colleague for a wealthy family with dark secrets is packed with tension and ripe for exploration over multiple episodes.A TV show format would have allowed for a deeper dive into the characters' motivations and the bizarre world they inhabit. We could have seen the chef navigate the opulent estate and its eccentric inhabitants over time, building suspense and gradually unraveling the family's mysteries.The film felt rushed, cramming a story with rich potential into a short runtime. A series could have fleshed out the plot, creating a more satisfying and suspenseful viewing experience.
Reviewed by lmcbrien3145 8 / 10

Strange, Disturbing, and so Disgusting!

My friends and I were looking for something to watch and came across this movie. We had no idea what to expect but it sounded interesting and we love to watch cooking shows so we decided to give it a try.It started off a little slow, and it was so chill and calm. But slowly, what was really happening was revealed, and the characters were so matter-of-fact about it that you kind of didn't know what to think of it!We were intrigued as to how the movie would end, and what the characters would do, that we watched it all the way to the end.I'm not sure if I would recommend it to anyone I know, but I guess there's an audience for it!
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