Careful What You Wish For
critic Reviews
, 17% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Audiences yearning for a modern update on the erotic thriller formula will be sorely disappointed by this turgid incarnation, hobbled by stale plotting and a curious lack of sensuality.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKatie WalshLos Angeles Times
Everything that comes before is rote and by-the-book, from the groan-worthy innuendo-laden puns to the two-dimensional cookie-cutter characters, it's a color-by-numbers thriller that's flat.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKristy PuchkoPajiba
Careful What You Wish For is the unwanted child of Porn and Lifetime made-for-TV movies.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMatt FagerholmRogerEbert.com
Plays like a painfully stilted high school production of "Fatal Attraction."
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAdam GrahamDetroit News
There's a rhythm to these things, and screenwriter Chris Frisina has certainly watched his share of late-night cable TV thrillers.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRichard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
"Careful What You Wish For" might have been a better film had the two leading ladies, McClure and Lucas, switched roles. But not that much better.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreNeil GenzlingerNew York Times
A film that tries to be both titillating and suspenseful but is neither.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreStephen MayneUnder the Radar
As a purported erotic thriller, it's neither particularly erotic nor remotely thrilling.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreS. Jhoanna RobledoCommon Sense Media
Nick Jonas stars in clichd thriller with sex, language.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGlenn LovellCinemaDope
In the mood for a teen twist on a James Cain mystery, with a soupcon of T&A? You could do worse than this slick variation on 'Double Indemnity.' ... The cinematic equivalent to beach reading.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTodd JorgensonCinemalogue
... stretches credibility before completely flying off the rails in the third act.
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