Be careful what you wish for.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park |
Director |
John R |
Screenplay | Barbara Marshall |
Music | tomandandy |
Cinematography | Michael Galbraith |
Editing | Peck Prior |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2017 |
Produced by | Broad Green Pictures, Busted Shark Productions, Orion Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Horror |
Language | Fairly frequent, moderate impact swearing. |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Frequent, strong impact, underscored by a sense of threat and suspense, justified by genre. |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | Contains scenes of horror. |
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. |
PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic elements and language |
Runtime | 90 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 14 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Sandie Angulo Chen Clichéd horror falls flat. | 2 | |
24.com Jean-Marie Korff If you're into wasting your time, then go ahead, but if not, then rather sit this one out. | 2 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy In the end, I had two wishes of my own while watching the story unfold over just around ninety minutes. One was that it would be over already and the second was that if the first couldn’t be granted, at least what was offered could have been better. | 6 | |
Metacritic.com 24 critics | 6 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 74 critics | 8 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Wish Upon is neither scary nor original, but its fundamental flaws as a horror movie may make it destination viewing for after-midnight camp genre enthusiasts. | 4 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 5 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Uninspired horror movie has shallow characters, few scares. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 20 users | 8 | |
Rottentomatoes users 3944 users | 8 | |
IMDB 2629 Netizens Death Music Box | 9 | |
The Movie DB Community | 10 | |
Average .. 30% | 6 |