Young Clare Shannon (Joey King) is having a rough go. As a
child, she watched her mom hang herself. After that tragedy, her dad (Ryan Phillippe) totally abandoned his sweet saxophone skills in favor of his career
as a dumpster diver, which is, of course, a constant source of embarrassment to
Clare. High school sucks and is full of mean girls, her dream boy doesn’t know
she exists, and she only has two friends, June (Shannon Purser) and Meredith
(Sydney Park). If Wish Upon sounds like a familiar set up,
you’re not wrong.
