- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- May 31, 2024 (a year ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United States
- Tags
- Dark Comedy · Psychological Thriller
- Production companies
- Evergreen Avenue
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
What You Wish For
A talented chef with gambling troubles escapes to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend, now a private chef living a seemingly extraordinary life. As envy shifts to greed, the chef takes over his friend’s life, only to uncover the unsettling motives of his enigmatic clients.

A talented chef with gambling troubles escapes to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend, now a private chef living a seemingly extraordinary life. As envy shifts to greed, the chef takes over his friend’s life, only to uncover the unsettling motives of his enigmatic clients.
Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Crew
Producers
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
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Reviews
Nick Stahl Is a Master of Gore in ‘What You Wish For’ Writer-director Nicholas Tomnay makes maximum use of plot twists that keep an audience on its toes.
What You Wish For movie review (2024) Stahl’s acting has always had a quiet power, communicating roiling emotional distress under an often vaguely menacing stillness.
‘What You Wish For’: Fantasia Review Nick Stahl is a chef who finds himself in hot water in Nicholas Tomnay's slick, if flavourless, thriller
‘What You Wish For’ Review: Nick Stahl Serves a Devious Dish in This Taut but Half-Baked Thriller Suspense and stupidity are on the menu when a chef with gambling issues takes over a colleague’s luxury gig in Nicholas Tomnay's ‘What You Wish For.’