What You Wish For

Nick Stahl is a skillful master of how to move the gore with exactly the right pace to exude charm in spite of his character’s ongoing toxicity. He gets what he wishes for and ends up with more than he bargained for.

One of the things that makes the movie work is that it acknowledges this fact but then makes the premise terrifyingly credible.

Without straining to make an obvious point, Mr. Tomnay uses black comedy and shocking splatters of gore to tweak the class of jaded plutocrats who are as asset-rich as they are morals-poor.

The obvious Aesop’s Fables-inspired lessons make what could’ve been an extraordinary meal into something far less memorable.

Unfortunately, What You Wish For ultimately does not amount to much as either a thriller or as a commentary on the ways the rich exploit those beneath them.

There’s a visceral idea within the film’s narrative that has enough potential to be particularly powerful in execution, but the result is something a little safer and, unfortunately, less interesting than it could be.

The supporting cast is also excellent and the screenplay delights with every gory and shocking turn

This food-focused thriller is a tad familiar and perhaps even predictable, but it still manages to throw in enough secret ingredients to keep things simmering.

What You Wish For is everything you could wish for in a well-lit plunge into the abyss.

It's pretty suspenseful as Stahl is trying to endlessly evade the corporation he is working for.