He consults his aunt who says that the box promises to grant seven wishes from its owner. Luckily Claire is taking a Chinese language course, so she asks her platonic pal Ryan (Ki Hong Lee) to decipher the box. Meanwhile in Claire’s bedroom, the top of the box opens up and emits a musicbox-like tune. Word travels fast later at school as Claire learns of Darcie’s “medical emergency”. Naturally Darcie wakes up the next day and is horrified by the divot in her check and her decaying leg.
As she gets ready for bed, Claire recalls her arch-nemesis, and (while holding the box) says, “I wish Darcie would just…rot!”. It’s an octagonal wooden box, about the size of a.well.breadbox, decorated with Chinese characters carved into its sides. That night, Jonathan tries to cheer up Claire with an unusual gift, something he grabbed during the day’s ‘scavenging’. But Darcie is not through taunting Claire, and the two get into a brawl in the school cafeteria (where were the faculty lunch monitors, visiting another district?). Luckily Claire has her own support team, BFFs Meredith (Sydney Park) and June (Shannon Purser). He may call himself a “professional recycler”, but to his daughter (and her classmates), Jonathan and her bud Carl are “dumpster divers”. Right outside the campus, she spots her dad “at work”. But things don’t get better for Claire once her trek is done.
As she helps her wealthy uncle retrieve his morning paper at the driveway of his ritzy estate, Claire is nearly run down by school diva, that mean blonde b.witch, Darcie (Josephine Langford), who’s taking her fawning “squad” to school. Ah, but it’s time to head for school as she bids goodbye to her pop Jonathan (Ryan Phillippe) and jumps on her rickety bicycle. The story begins with a gruesome, traumatic childhood memory that makes high-schooler Claire (Joey King) wake up screaming, bolt upright, her eyes nearly popping out of her head. It’s about a magic gizmo that grants your every desire, but, of course, the film’s heroine has to learn the hard way to, everybody now, “Be careful what you wish for” when you decide to WISH UPON (and not upon a star, Mr. That’s something to boast about? Oh, and there’s fairy tale elements to the story, too.
And what’s the added incentive at the top of the poster, the nudge that’ll put behinds in the seats? “From the director of Annabelle”…really.
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And it features a cast from other young adult flicks and TV shows for audience identification. It’s squarely aimed at the pre-teen and teen set since it’s got the PG-13 rating, so it’s a bit scary, just not too intense or “gory gross”.
No, it’s as if this wannabe’ thriller somehow escaped the dumping ground of mid-January, or a Friday-the-thirteenth weekend, or sometime close to Halloween. Although it’s not the good chill as in a memorable “spine-tingler”. It could be this new horror flick, perhaps. No, it’s not somebody tinkering with the thermostat. We therefore conclude that although Jiminy Cricket’s statement wrongly implies a causality that has not been demonstrated, it is at least possible that people will achieve their dreams after wishing upon a star, and the concept could be studied by high-confidence scientific methodology.We’re nearly halfway through July, but somehow, here at the ole’ multiplex, there’s a distinct chill. This kind of study would no doubt lead to a more scientifically accurate statement than Jiminy Cricket’s, such as: “When you wish upon a star, there is a 1.2% +/- 0.3% probability that your dreams will come true”. The study could be repeated, could involve direct observation, and could be studied prospectively with minimal bias and assumptions. Can this be studied by high-confidence science? Yes, one could design a study to quantify the likelihood of receiving your dreams after wishing upon a star. Has anyone who has wished upon a star ever obtained their dreams? I think any rational person would have to admit that yes, this does occasionally occur (although I’m certainly not suggesting a causal relationship). Now, let’s consider the science behind Jiminy Cricket’s quote.
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