Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession Chest Rockwell / Brock Landers Award for Best Character Name Baron “Bear” Bailey; Nikki Freeman. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:09:30Read transcript Baron “Bear” Bailey is selected. Nikki Freeman is proposed as a meaningful runner-up.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink The dead-cat sandwich. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:10:14Read transcript The dead-cat sandwich is selected.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession When I Would Have Died The dead-cat sandwich; Nikki hiding in the bedroom; Sarah checking on Nikki. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:10:43Read transcript The dead-cat sandwich is selected as one imagined death point. Discovering Nikki hidden in the bedroom corner is selected as a heart-attack scenario. Sarah checking on Nikki early and being killed is selected as another imagined death point.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession Is There a Better Title for This Movie? No — Obsession In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:11:28Read transcript Make a Wish and Darling Nikki are proposed. The Bear and One Wish Willow are proposed. Obsession is defended as the better marketable title. Wish, Bear Sucks, and No Piña Coladas are proposed.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession Sean Fennessey Award for Stealth Homage That Gives Every Movie Nerd a Criterion Orgasm Nikki’s movement as an homage to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse. Flex pick · Chris Ryan In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:12:33Read transcript Nikki’s possessed movement is compared with the haunted movement in Pulse. — Chris Ryan
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession The most GIFable moment The no-no-no sequence and Nikki’s frown. In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:13:11Read transcript Nikki’s face after the kiss-left command is proposed. The repeated no-no-no sequence is proposed. Bear turning Nikki’s head back toward the screen is proposed. Nikki’s frown is judged the best option.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film Ian’s performance; Nikki screaming through the wish-service call. In the discussion (6) Approx. transcript time · 01:14:01Read transcript The performance of Ian is proposed as capable of improvement. Ian being written as a dirtbag is offered as a defense of the performance. Nikki screaming through the wish-service call is criticized as unnecessary. The screaming is defended as evidence of her entrapment and of Bear’s moral obligation. The scene is said to work without the screaming. The screaming is retained by a two-to-one vote, with Craig explicitly supporting it. — Craig Horlbeck
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession Ted Levine Award for a Performance So Good and Distinct That It May Have Ruined the Actor’s Career Indy Navarrette. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:15:55Read transcript Indy Navarrette is selected because the performance may make later roles difficult to separate from Nikki. The panel also predicts that she can have a long career, keeping the career concern explicitly hypothetical.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession What’s Aged the Worst? The MPAA ratings logic; a corporate logo; Van’s Twitter debate. In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:16:17Read transcript The Blumhouse logo added at the end is criticized as weird. Requiring six fewer head smashes for an R rating is criticized as arbitrary. Van’s Twitter discussion about the villain is proposed. The first part allows a case that the protagonist thinks the wish may not have worked; his later behavior removes that ambiguity.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession Borat Sagdiyev Rancid Body Odor Award Bear’s house. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:20:02Read transcript Bear’s musty house is selected as something the panel imagines smelling through the screen. The dead cat and bodily waste are cited as worsening the house.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award Timothée Chalamet would elevate the film; Bear never loved or knew Nikki. In the discussion (6) Approx. transcript time · 01:21:24Read transcript Casting the actor transcribed as “Shalamee” as Bear is claimed to elevate the movie dramatically. Lucas Hedges is proposed as an alternative Bear. Nikki’s lack of close friends who intervene is questioned. Sarah’s resentment toward Nikki is defended by the group’s romantic entanglements. Bear is argued never to have loved Nikki; he responds to status and the fulfilled wish rather than knowing her. Nikki’s writing and shared history are offered as evidence that she has depth.
Obsession · The Rewatchables ·July 28, 2026 Obsession Picking Nits Friends fail to intervene; injuries and police response; the cat sandwich; wish logic; Sarah’s timing and car. In the discussion (17) Approx. transcript time · 01:24:02Read transcript Sarah telling Bear about Ian and Nikki is criticized as a calculated romantic move. Bear failing to insist on treatment for Nikki’s bottle wounds is criticized. The characters’ selfishness is offered as the general explanation for several nitpicks. Bear still attending boys’ night after the alarming wish call is criticized. Nobody calling police or intervening at the party is criticized. The cat opening and consuming oxycodone is questioned. The dead cat prop is criticized as visibly cheap, while avoiding an animated effect is defended. Bear’s negligence is blamed for the cat’s death. The cat belonging to Bear’s late grandmother is offered as a speculative reason for his lack of attachment. The sandwich’s room-temperature handling, smell, and resemblance to turkey are questioned. The house already smelling terrible is offered as an explanation for why Bear does not detect the sandwich. Bear initially trying to alter rather than cancel the wish is criticized. Nikki’s face is judged insufficiently injured after repeated bottle blows. Sarah’s body prop is criticized as mannequin-like. Disposal of Sarah’s car and the limited police presence are questioned. Nikki’s ability to retrieve a gun, copy tattoos, and cut hair in time is questioned. Sarah’s middle-of-the-night meeting request is criticized as avoidable timing.
