Careful What You Wish For
2015 · Movie · R · 91 min · ★ 6.1 · 25% critics
A young man starts a secret affair with a wealthy neighbor’s wife and quickly finds himself pulled into a dangerous web of suspicion. When a death and a large life insurance policy enter the picture, he’s forced to navigate mounting pressure, shifting loyalties, and a scandal that threatens to ruin his life.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-05-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 25/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (432 votes)
- Budget
- $4,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a steamy, easy-to-watch thriller with scandal, suspicion, and a few late surprises, in the vein of Original Sin or Deception; Not for you if you dislike nudity, explicit scenes, or familiar plots.
Pros: suspenseful enough to finish; pulpy guilty-pleasure vibe; occasional surprise turns | Cons: familiar, predictable setup; uneven acting; heavy on sex and nudity
Themes
- infidelity
- killing
- deception
- murder
- neighbor
- domestic violence
- love affair
- peeping tom
- teenage sexuality
- older woman younger man relationship
- lying
- woman director
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Nick Jonas
as Doug Martin
Isabel Lucas
as Lena Harper
Dermot Mulroney
as Eliott Harper
Kandyse McClure
as Angie Alvarez
Graham Rogers
as Carson
Marc Macaulay
as Gordon
David Sherrill
as Brian Martin
Kevin J. O'Connor
as Pier/Patron du bar
Paul Sorvino
as Sheriff Big Jack
Alex ter Avest
as Emma Shalloway
Directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum