Bunny boilers ahoy. This lame and laughable stalker-thriller makes Fatal Attraction look thoughtful.
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05/29/09
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
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
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
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
So hammy and overwrought that it's actually hysterically entertaining.
05/28/09
a stylishly empty stab at the genre that makes no bones about its obviousness even as it introduces a deliberately racialized twist
05/11/09
A silly, contrived film.
05/04/09
Elba and Larter are actually pretty good. Beyonce, through, strikes one note throughout.
05/04/09
...performances are convincing for as long as the script will allow.
05/01/09
Obsessed delivers in its limited way, as the audience audibly responds to the characters’ choices and actions, even though we know exactly what to expect.
05/01/09
Director Steven Shill and the doltish dialogue don't do much to diminish the film's overt homophobia and misogyny.
05/01/09
Are people not aware of the Lifetime Movie Network, which shows films like this 24 hours a day for free?
05/01/09
You would be better served by simply watching the video for the Beyonce-Shakira duet "Beautiful Liar"--not only does it do a better job of conveying the same basic story seen here, the choreography is a lot better.
04/30/09
TV director Steve Shill makes his feature film debut a forgettable one.
04/30/09
Don’t think that exploiting female paranoia and the promise of Knowles throwing punches is enough to make up for your unabashed B-movie hitting the skids at the halfway point.
04/30/09
[An] uninspired, generic psycho-chick flick...Puerile and simplistic in its synthetic gimmickry, Obsessed oozes nothing but contempt and a cornball solution for exploiting the repetitive misogynist melodramas
04/29/09
Even as junk, Obsessed isn’t kick-ass enough. The wind-up to Sharon’s explosion takes too long, and director Steve Shill can’t stage a real donnybrook.
04/29/09
I don't mind that Obsessed, is mindless, overheated, undercooked trash. I mind that it's boring mindless, overheated, undercooked trash.
04/29/09
This is the movie that should have been titled 'Fighting'
04/28/09
A hollow experience altogether, based entirely on its protagonist's despicable stupidity and unable to connect in a real way to anything human.
04/28/09
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April 26, 2009:
Obsessed: Bottle blonde sexpot in heat with boundary issues on McMansion home invasion spree, with alpha male power as the ultimate female aphrodisiac. All that's missing is the stained blue dress. I did not have sex with that woman, she had sex with me. 
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April 26, 2009:
A compelling reminder that Hell still hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially when she's a crazy, two-faced psycho.
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