Wish Upon

I dug around for this movie because it has Joey King in the lead role and I think she is one of the better young actresses today. I got it on BluRay from my public library.

Early on we see that the mother apparently hung herself. No explanation why. The daughter (King) grows into a high school teen with usual teen difficulties. But her dad is a "picker" and brings home some sort of ancient Chinese box, it looks like a music box but she can't open it. We soon find out it grants wishes, as many as seven. But there is a price, for each wish a loved one dies.

Eventually this creates all kinds of problems for the girl and she has to figure out a way to undo them. It turns more difficult than she ever imagined.

I enjoyed this movie, King of course does a great job, and the last scene was quite unexpected. Then there is another short scene during the credits. Overall a bit better than its current IMDb rating would suggest.

Of note, it was written by a woman.