What You Wish For

What You Wish For (2023) Great Movie (11,779 – 22 Jun 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) The American chef Ryan (Nick Stahl) travels from Dallas to a South American country (seems to be Colombia) to spend some days with his friend Jack (Brian Groh). They befriended each other twelve years ago at a Culinary School and Jack invited Ryan to stay with him. On arrival, Ryan is impressed with Jack’s fancy house, and he learns that Jack is working for a selective agency that sends him to every part of the world and consequently he is well paid. Jack is depressed and they go to a restaurant to drink and eat. They meet the tourist Alice (Penelope Mitchell), who is traveling around the world to exotic places with the money she has saved while working. She spends the rest of the day with Jack and Ryan and has one night stand with Jack. On the next morning, Jack drives he to the hotel and Ryan, who is a gambler, is pressed by his bookmaker to pay US$ 50,000; otherwise, his mother will be killed. He buys a few days and returns home. Soon he sees Jack hanged on a beam at home. He accesses his bank account in London but is not able to manage it since he does not know the password. He contacts the bank manager that asks him to go to London with a document to recover the account. Ryan dumps Jack’s body in a nearby lake and searches the Internet to forge a driving license in a Chinese site. While waiting for the delivery of the document, Imogene (Tamsin Topolski) and Maurice (Juan Carlos Messier) from the agency arrive at the house to schedule a dinner in a couple of days. Ryan poses as if he were Jack and asks for information about the menu. When he learns the main ingredient of the four courses he needs to prepare, he understands why Kack was so depressed. “What You Wish For” (2023) is a great movie by Nicholas Tomnay with a bizarre storyline and great direction and performances. The plot has witty moments, and the whole situation is well-resolved. Although predictable and the viewer will certainly guess what is the main ingredient, but the development is excellent. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): “Aquilo que Você Deseja” (“What You Wish For”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/

Highly recommend this black comedy horror gem. Nick Stahl is pure genius and the screenplay is so slick with tension from beginning to end.

Must see if you love psychological thrillers. It’s a little slow in the first little part but gets so much better ! Worth a watch

Yes, its possible. Great movie. Welcome to the world of the super rich.

Only 1 plot hole is how Imogene doesn't knew Jack's face?? How Imogene and Maurice didn't have a chance to work with the real Jack before this?? Other than that it's really entertaining movie. The script is great

Panalo. Hitik sa tension ang kabuuan ng pelikula. Nakakagulat at di mo inaasahan ang mga pangyayari. Mukhang mas horror pa to kesa sa mga pelikulang horror talaga

I didn't care much for the ending, but it did seem like they left the door open for a possible sequel. Of course, with a Box Office gross this dismal, that's not going to happen. If this movie was turned into a series, I would watch it. A new location every episode, each with its own challenges to be played out. I've only seen Nick Stahl (Disturbing Behavior) before, but everyone played their roles exceptionally well. Watched it twice in two days.

Oh man… It took me longer than usual to figure out exactly what was going on here, and when I did, I was hooked even more. This is a great thriller.

It knows what it is and it does it good.

Nice twist to this tale.