“Giddily Genre-Crossing Comedy Sees” is drawing attention because it appears in Variety’s review headline for “Everybody Wants to F— Me,” which highlights Taron Egerton’s nice-guy act and a story about a young man whose desires become violently over-satisfied. The phrase describes the film’s style and critical framing; it is not the movie’s title. The full headline presents the comedy as crossing genres while looking beneath its central character’s apparently agreeable exterior.
The review’s opening also connects the film to “Obsession,” described as a sleeper smash that prompted debate about victims and villains. It suggests that “Everybody Wants to F— Me” could revive that discussion through another story in which getting what a young man wants turns violent. The attention centers on the review’s provocative description, Egerton’s role, and the comparison between the two films’ treatment of desire and responsibility.
