Simply Irresistible (1999) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 11 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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A third-rate love story.Read the full review
The result is sometimes enchanting, but, more often than not, it's frustrating, because the disparate elements of the plot never quite gel.Read the full review
Much like a botched souffle that fails to rise, Simply Irresistible is a bland confection that remains doggedly earthbound while attempting flights of romantic fantasy.Read the full review
The two leads are unappealing, the story is dragged on for days and the rather random magical element renders any human factor irrelevant..Read the full review
It is a measure of the shortcomings of this genial, well-meaning but ultimately unenchanting film that scene after scene is stolen by the second bananas.Read the full review
A tuneless variation on the working girl-captivates-Mr. Big formula that has propelled fairy tales as old as Cinderella.Read the full review
It's a movie, a goofy little movie. Not so bad, but as far as food and sensuality go, ``Like Water for Chocolate'' still has the edge.Read the full review
Somehow both formulaic and bat-shit insane. It's sort of a given that films in this genre won't be rigorous cerebral exercises, but Simply Irresistible is almost hypnotic in its unyielding stupidity.Read the full review
Old-fashioned and obvious, yes, like a featherweight comedy from the 1950s. But that's the charm.Read the full review
The dialogue is fast but bad, the acting is loud but awful and the morality is chaste but unromantic. As for the food, it looks vulgar.Read the full review
