Careful What You Wish For

Name: Careful What You Wish For
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: June 10, 2016
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 32

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Starz Digital Media | Release Date: June 10, 2016 | R

Summary: While working in a wealthy vacation community the summer before college, Doug (Nick Jonas) begins an affair with the beautiful young wife (Isabel Lucas) of his powerful investment banker neighbor (Dermot Mulroney). When the town erupts after a suspicious death, the young lovers become embroiled in scandal, forcing Doug to his limits as heWhile working in a wealthy vacation community the summer before college, Doug (Nick Jonas) begins an affair with the beautiful young wife (Isabel Lucas) of his powerful investment banker neighbor (Dermot Mulroney). When the town erupts after a suspicious death, the young lovers become embroiled in scandal, forcing Doug to his limits as he battles deceit and betrayal. [Starz Digital]… Expand

Director: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Steve Rubenstein

Jun 9, 2016

It’s a taut erotic thriller with the obligatory plot twists and a surprise ending that isn’t all that much of a surprise because Careful What You Wish For is the kind of taut erotic thriller that comes with a surprise ending. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Jun 9, 2016

This erotic noir is about as substantial as one of its female lead’s string bikinis, but it’s an enjoyable trifle nonetheless. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Jun 9, 2016

Careful What You Wish For is aiming for lusty, lurid, B-movie titillation, but it’s not nearly as sexy nor nearly as clever as it would like to be. Read full review

John DeFore

Jun 14, 2016

Jonas is, it should be said, the most likeable thing about this watered-down noir. Read full review

Chris Packham

Jun 9, 2016

Allen attempts to build a sense of mounting anxiety via the increasing suspicions of a tenacious insurance investigator, unexpected testimony from eyewitnesses, and Lena's squirrelly behavior, but pop star Jonas is incapable of making simple facial expressions, let alone evincing existential dread. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jun 9, 2016

It’s a color-by-numbers thriller that’s flat. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Jun 10, 2016

Elizabeth Allen’s generically titled thriller, Careful What You Wish For, plays like a painfully stilted high school production of “Fatal Attraction.” Read full review

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Maribon96

Oct 2, 2017

I just relly appreciate the movie, a little too "obvious" but nice. Nick can do better thing, i love his music but he can act well, but not in all the movies.

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goncalocouto

Oct 20, 2018

"Careful What You Wish For" é aborrecido e inautêntico. É sempre bom ver Nick Jonas no ecrã de novo, mas, neste filme, ele foi péssimo.
3/10

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hornysoul

Sep 22, 2018

Não há muito a dizer sobre este filme. "Careful What You Wish For" apresenta-nos uma história não muito original e aborrecida. Nick Jonas, um ótimo cantor e um ótimo ator, não deu o seu melhor neste filme. Perda de tempo.

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anonymousey

Aug 15, 2016

There really isn't much to say here, this is about the worst movie that I have ever seen. If someone hadn't paid for my ticket, I would have asked for my money back.

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