"Obsession" review — Barker leaves a mark with queasy, moody cautionary tale
“Why don’t you love me anymore?” What’s the one thing in the world you’ve wanted more than anything else? What desire did you hold, or hold still, that you’re sure that no one else wanted more than you? What did you do to get what you wanted? Maybe, in that foggy stupor of desperation, you turned to old superstitions, even the power of a magical wish, to make your wildest dreams come true. You aren’t alone. Lovestruck by his friend Nikki Friedman, Baron “Bear” Bailey turns to the mercies of a “One Wish Willow” (marketed as a children’s collectible in a crystal shop) in a moment of weakness to make Nikki love him “more than anyone else in the world.” Despite the numerous warnings on the box and the clear instructions from the crystal shop clerk that he shouldn’t come back and complain later, Bear (played by Michael Johnson) gets exactly what he wished for, with a brand-new romantic relationship exploding before him. Only, his wish doesn’t quite appear like how he wanted it. Nikki (in an...
