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Obsessed (2009)
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 11:27 PM (76 Views)
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Obsessed is a 2009 American thriller film directed by Steve Shill. The Rainforest Films production stars Idris Elba, Beyoncé and Ali Larter. Obsessed tells the story of Lisa, an office temp played by Larter, who falls in love with her boss, Derek Charles, and attempts to seduce him. Derek's wife, Sharon, learns of Lisa's obsessive behavior, and suspects an affair. Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper conceived the basic idea of Obsessed, which was then developed by writer David Loughery, allocated a production budget of $20 million, and filmed in the summer of 2008. Obsessed was inspired by the work of directors Roman Polanski and Alfred Hitchcock, and its score was written by James Dooley. Lisa and Sharon were dressed in contrasting styles to reinforce their conflicting characters. Obsessed opened in US theaters on April 24, 2009, and UK theaters on May 29, 2009, and was distributed by Screen Gems.
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Finally bought this (lol)

I'll be watching it in the next few days.
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I thought this was okay, but it was a bit too restrained. Loved the fight scene, though.
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Well it was PG-13 so I forgive that. Well...mostly. If it'd been Rated R I would've liked it more and I'm sure they would've went farther with the sexuality and had some characters
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As it is, it's still pretty decent and definitely gets way too much hate (personally, I think people blindly hate it without seeing it just because Beyoncé is in it).
I really liked some of the characters and no one gave a bad performance. Ali Larter was actually AWESOME in this; definitely one of my favorite performances of hers now. She pulls off crazy very well! Idris Elba was great but then again, when is he NOT great? (lol) Beyoncé did well too but sadly she didn't have a lot to do until the third act but thankfully, she really shined there. The others were pretty good too; loved the slimeball womanizer coworker (who was damn fine) and the adorable, bitchy gay coworker who didn't help matters at all, haha.
The sex and violence is toned down bigtime, but still got away with more than I expected from a super mainstream thriller like this. In some ways, it's like a typical 90s Thriller - except it was more polished (in a good way) and a *LITTLE* more entertaining than a lot of those. I don't regret buying it but I'm glad I only spent a couple bucks on it.

7/10 quality. 7/10 entertainment.
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