Simply Irresistible (1999)
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 26
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Critic Reviews: 6
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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
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Sean Patrick Flanery
Tom Bartlett -
Patricia Clarkson
Lois McNally -
Dylan Baker
Jonathan Bendel -
Christopher Durang
Gene O'Reilly -
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Nolan Traynor -
Betty Buckley
Stella -
Amanda Peet
Chris -
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Any movie featuring a crab wearing a tuxedo (complete with a top hat!) can't be all that bad.
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