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JamesG · 04-27-2009, 02:47 PM

Movie Reviews: Obsessed
27 April 2009 2:34 AM, PDT

The reviews for Obsessed turned out to be about as negative as Sony thought they would be when the studio decided not to screen it for critics, who had to stand in line for tickets and watch it with regular crowds.

"Ah, the joys of watching a movie like "Obsessed" at a public showing on a Friday afternoon at the Regal Gallery Place multiplex," wrote Dan Zak in the Washington Post. "If ever a movie deserves to be talked back to, it's this one."

Nearly all of the critics compared the movie -- unfavorably -- to Fatal Attraction.

"A clanking, low-rent imitation," is how Stephen Holden described it in the New York Times.

Noting that Beyoncé Knowles's one big scene doesn't come until halfway into the movie, Joe Neumaier wrote in the New York Daily News, "The result is more like Delayed Frustration that Fatal Attraction."

And Steven Cole in the Toronto Globe and Mail wrote: "At least the earlier film had the courage of its perversions. The new film is a safe, dull morality play."

-IMDB News

browneyes106 · 04-27-2009, 02:55 PM

Just by looking at the previews you could tell it was a more modern version of Fatal Attraction. I don't plan on seeing it in the theaters maybe I'll see it through netflix.

comedyfreak · 04-28-2009, 08:47 AM

Most people liked it, it finished #1 at the box office. It'll probably get killed this week when Wolverine opens.

JamesG · 04-28-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by browneyes106

Just by looking at the previews you could tell it was a more modern version of Fatal Attraction. I don't plan on seeing it in the theaters maybe I'll see it through netflix.

Yeah, it did look along the same plot as Fatal Attraction.

It looks like to me they did the same thing that was done for Disturbia and Rear Window. Disturbia in essence is virtually the same story as Rear Window. They made the cast younger and had the main character at home on house arrest spying on his neighbors instead of a cast of adults and the main character wheelchair bound.

They used whatever same-ish plot devices they could get away with without being sued for copyright. I actually think the makers of Disturbia had a lawsuit some years after the film's release but I don't know the outcome of what happened.

I haven't seen Obsessed yet so I can't really say much about it but it looks like they made the cast younger and featured a white woman wanting a married black man.

browneyes106 · 04-28-2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesG

Yeah, it did look along the same plot as Fatal Attraction.

It looks like to me they did the same thing that was done for Disturbia and Rear Window. Disturbia in essence is virtually the same story as Rear Window. They made the cast younger and had the main character at home on house arrest spying on his neighbors instead of a cast of adults and the main character wheelchair bound.

They used whatever same-ish plot devices they could get away with without being sued for copyright. I actually think the makers of Disturbia had a lawsuit some years after the film's release but I don't know the outcome of what happened.

I haven't seen Obsessed yet so I can't really say much about it but it looks like they made the cast younger and featured a white woman wanting a married black man.

Disturbia was a lot like Rear Window but I did like it. I didn't see it until it was released on DVD. Obsessed might be on an ok movie but I'll wait to see it on DVD or something.

isiahthomas · 05-02-2009, 03:15 PM

I saw Obsessed today and it was good. Ali Larter who was the white girl stalking Idris Elba is hot. I've never seen her before. Beyonce was looking good as usual and i'm glad she finally played in something different for a change because i got tired of seeing her in movies about music and them corny Pink Panther and Austin Powers movies LOL. I like the fight scene between Beyonce and Ali.

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04-27-2009, 02:47 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,153	Movie Reviews: "Obsessed" Movie Reviews: Obsessed 27 April 2009 2:34 AM, PDT The reviews for Obsessed turned out to be about as negative as Sony thought they would be when the studio decided not to screen it for critics, who had to stand in line for tickets and watch it with regular crowds. "Ah, the joys of watching a movie like "Obsessed" at a public showing on a Friday afternoon at the Regal Gallery Place multiplex," wrote Dan Zak in the Washington Post. "If ever a movie deserves to be talked back to, it's this one." Nearly all of the critics compared the movie -- unfavorably -- to Fatal Attraction. "A clanking, low-rent imitation," is how Stephen Holden described it in the New York Times. Noting that Beyoncé Knowles's one big scene doesn't come until halfway into the movie, Joe Neumaier wrote in the New York Daily News, "The result is more like Delayed Frustration that Fatal Attraction." And Steven Cole in the Toronto Globe and Mail wrote: "At least the earlier film had the courage of its perversions. The new film is a safe, dull morality play." -IMDB News

04-27-2009, 02:55 PM	#2
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	Just by looking at the previews you could tell it was a more modern version of Fatal Attraction. I don't plan on seeing it in the theaters maybe I'll see it through netflix.

05-02-2009, 03:15 PM	#6
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	I saw Obsessed today and it was good. Ali Larter who was the white girl stalking Idris Elba is hot. I've never seen her before. Beyonce was looking good as usual and i'm glad she finally played in something different for a change because i got tired of seeing her in movies about music and them corny Pink Panther and Austin Powers movies LOL. I like the fight scene between Beyonce and Ali.