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Limited Series – Obsession

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A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
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Obsession — Limited Series

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Critics Consensus

Harkening back to classic erotic thrillers, Obsession occasionally musters the genre's sensual sparks while exemplifying its bad habit of contrived dramatics.

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Ben Dowell The Times (UK) 04/14/2023
With its cover of Tainted Love sung in whiny-slow John Lewis-advert style, this new version seems to think it is being progressive and shedding the old un-PC skin of the past. But in a strange way it ends up doing the opposite Go to Full Review
Helen Brown Daily Telegraph (UK) 04/14/2023
2/5
This new version – chopped awkwardly into four short episodes – opens with all the subtlety of an American daytime soap opera. Go to Full Review
Joe Clay The Times (UK) 04/13/2023
[An] overwrought but addictive four-parter. Go to Full Review
Mini Anthikad-Chhibber The Hindu 08/27/2023
Obsession could have been a fascinating study on the effect of social media on a social and political scandal of this magnitude, but Netflix show only manages to compensate the audience with some unintentional comedy Go to Full Review
Jeanine T. Abraham VisAbleBlackwoman (Medium) 07/22/2023
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Obsession feels like it’s trying to be a throwback to the erotic thrillers of the late ’80s and early ’90s, like Sliver, Sex Lies and Video Tape, or 9 ½ Weeks, but why would we want to go back there? Go to Full Review
Joe Lipsett Bloody Disgusting 05/31/2023
2/5
Obsession, despite being slicker and more contemporary [than Louis Malle's Damage], confuses sex for intrigue and winds up landing in farce. [It's] shock for shock’s sake Go to Full Review
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M R 4d I would give this movie NO stars if I could. Terrible adaptation of a good movie however bad execution of this plot and terrible acting make watching this series painful. Stay away. See more D E 05/14/2024 Just a nasty affair. Nothing twisty about the story. Disappointed. See more Lynne O 08/17/2023 Utter rubbish . The writing was truly awful with no explanation how 2 people could become so dreadful. Armitage must have been mad to take this embarrassing role .Charlie Murphy plays Anna as a vulgar streetwalker noone would look twice at, yet alone destroy his life and his family ( especially his son). Who on earth commissioned this utter crap.? See more Adeline D 07/29/2023 It's so so Bad; the script made no sense. It's trying to take advantage of a lousy caricature story of someone excused from doing wrong things because of trauma. It's just an attempt to use exe and bad bar psychology together. No depth. I guess the actors did what they could. Lost hours of my life. Painful to watch See more Amanda H 07/15/2023 Wow so terrible, wasted hours of my life. They took it way too far, disgusting. See more Yelena M 05/30/2023 THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN DON'T EXPERIMENT IN THEIR 20s. Another adaptation of the book. Painful to watch how such well educated, successful man can lack any street smarts to see Ana for who she is from the moment he met her. Difficult to believe that her cheap tricks would work on any man after his 30s. Damaged character of Ana is most predictable cliché to any person with adequate life experience. The unfathomable betrayal by father of his son is impossible to digest. I needed a shower to cleanse myself after watching this. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Apr 13, 2023 Episode 1 William and Ingrid look forward to meeting Jay's new girlfriend, Anna; however, before their formal introduction, William and Anna lock eyes and sparks fly. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 13, 2023 Episode 2 As their passion intensifies, Anna establishes rules for William to follow, only for his resolve to be tested when she goes to Paris with Jay. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 13, 2023 Episode 3 Feeling on edge after receiving mysterious text messages during Anna and Jay's engagement party, William soon slips up; Sally makes a confession. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 13, 2023 Episode 4 The walls begin to close in on William and Anna before a tragic event changes everything; Anna's mother admits to a shocking secret about the past. Details
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Season Info

Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Apr 13, 2023
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