Every man in this film is irredeemable.
Bear is a coward first and foremost, but also a fucking loser. A shame to Bears everywhere.
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I wanted him to blow his head off with that gun so badly but of course, he’s a fucking coward through and through
Ian is also a piece of shit (why would you make a waitress be the sounding board for your friend’s confession and then also try to sabotage that confession multiple times because you’re casual hookup buddies with his crush) but less so than Bear.
Only the women characters are actually decent people & yet both get a tragic ending - something something parallels to how women are treated at large by society.
I liked this way better than Backrooms if only because it was actually horrifying. Honestly though the stories both tell are kind of mirrors of each other: Backrooms’ protagonist being obsessed with returning to the past he had with his wife that he ultimately ruined to the point where he willingly traps his therapist in the Backrooms so he can be told he’s justified; Obsession’s protagonist being obsessed with a long-time crush that he’s had multiple opportunities to express his interest in, to the point where he willingly wishes away her autonomy and spends the entire film acting like the victim. Which I think is interesting.
We as a global society need more films explaining to men that they need therapy & they need to stop blaming others for their cowardly decisions or lack thereof.
4.5/5 
Ian may have been protecting Bear. I’m in the camp that Nikki never liked Bear and Ian knew it.
Ian’s a terrible friend because
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He didn’t believe the one wish willow worked after there were signs he picked up on that nikki changed.
Well yeah he’s awful for the wish but I don’t really buy the whole ‘he was protecting Bear’ thing. If my best friend has been pining over our mutual friend since HS, who I’ve been hooking up with casually on the side, I think the kindest thing to do would be to be straight up with him. If the movie hadn’t opened with Ian essentially going “yeah she’ll HATE the heartfelt confession, you should just neg her instead by calling her by the nickname her bullies used in school”; I could buy the ‘he was just protecting his friend from getting hurt’
This was my take as well but I think that is also why I view Ian as also a piece of shit. Entire movie could have ended in the diner if Ian had just gone “She doesn’t like you more than a friend, but cheer up there’s more fish in the sea” instead of saying ‘just wait for the right moment :)’