Wish Upon (2017)

A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.

Director:

John R. Leonetti

Writer:

Barbara Marshall

Stars:

Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joey King	...	Clare Shannon
Ryan Phillippe	...	Jonathan Shannon
Ki Hong Lee	...	Ryan Hui
Mitchell Slaggert	...	Paul Middlebrook
Shannon Purser	...	June Acosta
Sydney Park	...	Meredith McNeil
Elisabeth Röhm	...	Johanna Shannon (as Elisabeth Rohm)
Josephine Langford	...	Darcie Chapman
Alexander Nunez	...	Tyler Manguso
Daniela Barbosa	...	Lola Sanchez
Kevin Hanchard	...	Carl Morris
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Mrs. Deluca
Raegan Revord	...	Young Clare
Alice Lee	...	Gina
Victor Sutton	...	Uncle August

Storyline

A teen girl discovers a magical box that will grant her seven wishes. As she uses her wishes for personal gain, bad things begin to happen to those around her. She discovers an evil entity lives inside the box and may be behind the gruesome deaths.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage girl | garbage | girl riding a bicycle with training wheels | suicide by hanging | facial bruise | 

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Taglines:

Be careful what you wish for

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic elements and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is loosely based on W.W. Jacobs' short story The Monkey's Paw.

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Goofs

The box changes colors from brown/brown/brown to black/gold/red between scenes.

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Quotes

Ryan Hui: Hold up, you dig on multiverses?

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Crazy Credits

"Thanks to Kim for always watching over us."

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Alternate Versions

The director's Unrated Version is one minute longer than the Theatrical Cut, it has more gore and it is only available on the American Blu-ray.

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Connections

Referenced in Half in the Bag: Truth or Dare and A Quiet Place (2018)

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Soundtracks

Wait Too Long
Written by Chief WaKil (as Mansa Wakili), Kelli Wakili, Stephan Wunderlich, Cheapshot (as Colton Fisher), Jason Rabinowitz, Cameron Marygold
Published by Bad At Math Songs (ASCAP), The Math Club Music (BMI)
Performed by Leo Soul ft. Lili Ray
Courtesy of The Math Club

User Reviews

Wish Upon: Modern day monkeys paw

Wish Upon is a horror tale that tells the story of a mysterious Chinese music box that grants seven wishes, but at a price.

Starring the adorable Joey King alongside Ryan Phillippe and Elisabeth Rohm it's an original piece, though clearly influenced by the classic tale of the monkeys paw. Thankfully I like that old tale so was excited to see what new twists they brought to the table, and quite frankly I walked away happy though some influence came from Final Destination (2000) as well.

It's a well constructed, suitably paced movie with a fantastic cast and more than a sprinkle of good ideas. I find Joey King very likeable, not only the fact that she's adorable but she's a competent actress with hopefully a great career ahead of her and it's about time Phillippe returned to form.

If you like alternative horror that doesn't rely on a dude with a knife, ghosts, big scary monsters or demonic themes then this may well be for you. There were elements that left me scratching my head but nothing that wasn't forgivable.

Well worth a watch.

The Good:

Fantastic cast

Solid concept

The Bad:

Dreadful cover art

Couple of loose ends

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Page Official Site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 July 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wish Upon

Filming Locations:

Toronto Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,467,084, 16 July 2017

Gross USA:

$14,301,505

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$23,468,586

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broad Green Pictures, Busted Shark Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1