When wronged wife and crazy lady finally let loose on each other in the film's final scenes, Obsessed becomes a wildly campy and deliciously trashy must-see.
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04/24/09
Obsessed (2009)
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Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:16
Rotten:67
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: The inevitable Fatal Attraction comparisons aside, Obsessed is a generic, toothless thriller both instantly predictable and instantly forgettable.
Theatrical Release:Apr 24, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $68,261,644
Synopsis: Hell hath no fury like an office temp scorned in director Stephen Shill's domestic thriller OBSESSED. Executive-produced by entertainment megastar Beyonce Knowles, the film stars Knowles as Sharon,... [More]
Starring: Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter, Bruce McGill
Director: Steve Shill
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Reviews for Obsessed
Shades of gray? Moral ambiguity? Who needs 'em. Obsessed traffics in catharsis--we aren't here to learn about the human condition, we just want to watch Beyonce tromp a tramp.
04/25/09
Obsessed is best enjoyed as glossy, campy fantasy
04/24/09
Obsessed, is short on dimension and subtlety, but it turns into a mess believable enough to keep us invested.
04/27/09
This is the movie that should have been titled 'Fighting'
04/28/09
a grandly sensational, relentlessly exploitative B-movie revival of the highest order
04/25/09
...performances are convincing for as long as the script will allow.
05/01/09
Another movie that demonstrates it's bad feng shui to place a glass coffee table beneath a chandelier beneath an attic that can't even support the weight of a blond wearing little more than the whipped-cream bikini she sported in 'Varsity Blues.'
07/31/09
A compelling reminder that Hell still hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially when she's a crazy, two-faced psycho.
04/26/09
"I knew it would come to this," hisses Sharon when finding Lisa lurking around her beautiful Brentwood home--at which point I exclaimed, "Me too!"--and then the fun (and, for many, the entire purpose of the film) starts.
08/08/09
Enjoyably rubbish thriller enlivened by strong performances and a decent climax that just about compensates for the film's failures in pacing and plotting.
05/28/09
What do you get when you put two of Hollywood's worst actresses, Beyonce Knowles and Ali Larter in the same movie? A surprisingly decent little paint by the numbers thriller.
04/26/09
The immaculate Beyoncé Knowles and devastatingly handsome Idris Elba attack their silly parts with a ferocity the gives this dumpy little movie the spark it needs to be compelling.
04/27/09
Director Shill doesn't get fancy building tension from his nonsensical male-anxiety mayhem, allowing Knowles's beguiling fierceness and Larter's sexualized cunning to carry much of the prurient load.
04/24/09
So hammy and overwrought that it's actually hysterically entertaining.
05/28/09
This is a guilty pleasure from start to finish and there is absolutely nothing new here but Obsessed is brilliant fun.
05/29/09
Obsessed is both a front runner for the worst movie of the year and a must-see stinker.
05/29/09
If Obsessed were a perfume, it would ming like happy hour at a squids' brothel. This atrocious, and atrociously derivative affair is not only an early contender for worst film of 2009.
05/29/09
Obsessed is silly enough to duck accusations of reverse racism, but too glossy to be in any way sexy: nobody sweats, and the stars have clauses in place to ensure they reveal no more than they have to.
05/29/09
Obsessed is a particularly silly example of the [bunny boiler] genre with little rhyme or reason to the story and direction that is singularly lacking in subtlety.
05/29/09
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April 26, 2009:
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