History YMMV / WishUpon

* ClicheStorm: A double case. The film uses clichés from both high school romantic comedies ''and'' horror films and plays them completely straight without any hint of irony. In fact, the whole movie is just Film/FinalDestination [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Literature/TheMonkeysPaw. That being said, this contributes to the film's [[SoBadItsGood unintentional entertainment value]].

** To be fair...given the [[JerkassGenie nature of the box]], "world peace" would probably be implemented via MAD.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Meredith is well-liked, mostly because despite her roughness, she's the only one to rightfully [[TakeThatScrappy call Clare a bitch]] for continuing to use a mystical item that kills people when wishes are made. [[spoiler:Most viewers could rest easy knowing that the last wish was able to resurrect Meredith from her death earlier in the film.]]

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The cast are hardly likeable, with the main character using the box to make wishes despite getting the memo that the box kills people. [[spoiler:Even with the HopeSpot of Clare undoing the damage via a ResetButtonEnding, she still dies, the box takes her soul, and someone else finds the box anyway, making the whole movie pointless]].

* WTHCastingAgency: [[spoiler: An uncredited Creator/JerryOConnell as one of the previous owners of the music box.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Meredith is well-liked, mostly because despite her roughness, she's the only one to rightfully [[TakeThatScrappy call Clare a bitch]] for keeping a mystical item that kills people when wishes are made. [[spoiler:Most viewers could rest easy knowing that the last wish was able to resurrect Meredith from her death earlier in the film.]]

* ClicheStorm: A double case. The film uses clichés from both high school romantic comedies ''and'' horror films and plays them completely straight without any hint of irony. That being said, this contributes to the film's [[SoBadItsGood unintentional entertainment value]].
* DesignatedHero: Clare is arguably the worst person in the story. Even after being aware the box might be killing the people around her, she decides to keep it and keep using it. According to [[WordOfGod Word of God,]] the idea is to make her unable to stop herself from making more wishes even after she knows its murderous nature. But the film doesn't portray her as tormented as it only makes her come across as petty. As her friends call out, she used the box's immense power for the most vapid reasons, like becoming popular, making her father cool and getting a boy to fall for her when she could have wished for things like world peace with it or even to just wish for something for her friends.

* DesignatedHero: Clare is arguably the worst person in the story. Even after being aware the box might be killing the people around her, she decides to keep it and keep using it. As her friends call out, she used the box's immense power for the most vapid reasons, like becoming popular, making her father cool and getting a boy to fall for her, when she could have wished for things like world peace with it or even to just wish for something for her friends.

* WhatAnIdiot: ''Oh'', where to begin?
** Clare finds that when she makes a wish on the box, someone close to her dies, and her wish is granted in ways she doesn't necessarily want. Also, she discovers that everyone who had used all 7 of the box's wishes died shortly after.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Clare to realize early on that the wishes are what's causing all the trouble and use a wish to undo everything before never making a wish again, leaving the counter frozen. She could also wish for the box to undo all of its wishes and then destroy itself.\\
'''Alternatively:''' Clare could also try to exploit the box's rules, such as wishing to reset the counter or wishing that the box would stop killing people after a wish is made. She could also test to see if giving the box to Ryan would reset the counter or if Ryan could make wishes for her that could undo the damage. It might not work, but it would be worth a shot considering what's at stake.\\
'''Instead:''' Clare uses her very last wish to undo all of the damage.\\
'''Even Worse:''' Clare gets told that all of the box's wishes would be undone if she got rid of it, and she ''keeps using the box anyway.''\\
'''As A Result:''' Since she's used all 7 of her wishes, the box kills her and takes her soul.
** Clare is in love with a boy named Paul. She wants him to love her back.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That if Clare would use the box to wish for him to love her, that she would choose her wording carefully. She's already seen how the box interprets her wording at this point to possibly produce outcomes she doesn't want.\\
'''Instead:''' Clare wishes that Paul would fall "madly" in love with her.\\
'''As A Result:''' Paul turns into a StalkerWithACrush.
** Darcie has been bullying Clare and her friends. When she [[spoiler: develops necrotizing fasciitis (i.e. she starts rotting) as a result of Clare's wish]], her friends/minions set up a [=GoFundMe=] for her. They want to ask people to help.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Darcie's friends to ask people that would reasonably support the cause, such as teachers or students that didn't know Darcie very well.\\
'''You'd Also Expect:''' That when Darcie's friends would ask for support, they would do so in a kind and courteous manner as to gain more sympathy and assistance.\\
'''Instead:''' They decide to target Clare and her friends, who Darcie had been relentlessly bullying, and act as if they were entitled to the group's support.\\
'''As A Result:''' Clare and her friends refuse to support the campaign.
** The box may have been doing some supernatural heavy lifting, but many of the deaths it causes were already accidents waiting to happen. For example, Clare's father is cutting a branch with a chainsaw:\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Clare's father to have safety precautions in place so that he wouldn't suffer an injury from the falling branch.\\
'''Instead:''' Clare's father stands on a chair in order to cut the branch down.\\
'''As a Result:''' He dies.

* MemeticMutation: If you are familiar with WebVideo/YourMovieSucksDotOrg, you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2qpLj7_7vs may]] know this as the movie with "[[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer the Asian guy from]] Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy".

* EightDeadlyWords: The cast are hardly likeable, with the main character using the box to make wishes despite getting the memo that the box kills people. [[spoiler:Even with the HopeSpot of Clare undoing the damage via a ResetButtonEnding, she still dies, the box takes her soul, and someone else finds the box anyway, making the whole movie pointless]].

* WTHCastingAgency: [[spoiler: An uncredited Jerry O'Connell as one of the previous owners of the music box.]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The cast are hardly likeable, with the main character using the box to make wishes despite getting the memo that the box kills people. [[spoiler:Even with the HopeSpot of Clare undoing the damage via a ResetButtonEnding, she still dies, the box takes her soul, and someone else finds the box anyway, making the whole movie pointless]].