Careful What You Wish For

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, 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.
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    Katie 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.
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    Kristy PuchkoPajiba
    Careful What You Wish For is the unwanted child of Porn and Lifetime made-for-TV movies.
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    Matt FagerholmRogerEbert.com
    Plays like a painfully stilted high school production of "Fatal Attraction."
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    Adam GrahamDetroit News
    There's a rhythm to these things, and screenwriter Chris Frisina has certainly watched his share of late-night cable TV thrillers.
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    Richard 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.
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    Neil GenzlingerNew York Times
    A film that tries to be both titillating and suspenseful but is neither.
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    Stephen MayneUnder the Radar
    As a purported erotic thriller, it's neither particularly erotic nor remotely thrilling.
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    S. Jhoanna RobledoCommon Sense Media
    Nick Jonas stars in clichd thriller with sex, language.
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    Glenn 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.
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    Todd JorgensonCinemalogue
    ... stretches credibility before completely flying off the rails in the third act.
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