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An airy romance in the tradition of classic Hollywood comedies of the Depression Era, Simply Irresistible (1999) also presses into service the food-obsessed magical realism of Like Water for Chocolate (1992). Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Amanda Shelton, the chef at Southern Cross, a trendy Tribeca restaurant she inherited from her legendary mother. Not the most inspired of culinary artists, Amanda is running the establishment into the ground, until a cab-driving, Cupid-like guardian angel
Feb 5, 1999 Wide
Aug 17, 1999
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
All Critics (53) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (26) | DVD (1)
Any movie featuring a crab wearing a tuxedo (complete with a top hat!) can't be all that bad.
A magic crab that gets you a partner and helps you with your work?! Now that's my kind of crustacean!
May 11, 2007Super Reviewer
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