Obsessed (2009) Critic Reviews
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Don't expect a pot full of boiling bunnies, because nothing so creatively crazy ever happens in Obsessed, a "Fatal Attraction"-inspired predatory-female domestic thriller that spends much time spinning its wheels and making auds practically beg for an explanation to all the madness and obsession.Read the full review
The singer-actress' saucy, glamorously wry performance makes up for some of the film's inherent predictability.Read the full review
Obsessed has little plausibility, but at moments it's an entertaining bad movie, and the performers are vivid.Read the full review
Every move is telegraphed well in advance thanks to desultory writing, routine direction and ample musical cues.Read the full review
Doing his best to class up the joint, "The Wire's" Idris Elba stars as the perfect man.Read the full review
The movie’s most disturbing aspect, of which the filmmakers could not have been unaware, is the physical resemblance between Mr. Elba and Ms. Larter to O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson. It lends Obsessed a distasteful taint of exploitation.Read the full review
Memo to Beyoncé Knowles: You were so good as Etta James in "Cadillac Records," so why'd you go spoil everything with a rank cheeseball thriller that buries you in clichés and won't even help you dig yourself out?Read the full review
