[4] Meg buys a Jaguar car, unaware that the previous owner was murdered and the vehicle is haunted.
[2][5] It was the first film made by Preston-Laing Productions (Gaylene Preston and Robin Laing).
[6][7] The film received positive reviews from New Zealand critics,[8] with The Press calling it "an assured, gripping thriller".
[9] Overseas reviews were more mixed; the New York Times described it as "a mild effort" that "isn't quite sure whether it wants to be a chiller or a comedy.
"[10] Film historians have compared Mr. Wrong to Melanie Rodriga's Trial Run (1984), an earlier New Zealand thriller with feminist themes.