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Thriller about a successful and blissfully happily married financial manager who gets stalked by a beautiful temp worker and everything he has worked so hard for comes apart. Cast:Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Bruce McGill, Jerry O'ConnellDirector:Steven ShillRelease Date:April 24, 2009DVD Release:August 4, 2009From:Screen GemsRating:PG-13Length:1 hr 48 min
Obsessed played to poor reviews. • Tom Meek wrote in the Boston Phoenix, "...recycles 'The Temp' and 'Fatal Attraction' and makes them look like masterpieces.... the inevitable catfight between Ali Larter and Beyoncé — even that gets botched." • And Carrie Rickey wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "...a schlockily entertaining film that would make any daytime soap look subtle..." More Reviews Below...
Leah Rozen, People: MODERATE(cg) "...a competently made thriller that hums along, hitting all the expected notes, even as it shamelessly rips off 'Fatal Attraction' (though mercifully minus the bunny carnage)."(See all of Leah Rozen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 135 words, 04/30/09
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "...has little plausibility, but at moments it's an entertaining bad movie, and the performers are vivid.... about all it's missing is Tyler Perry's Madea..."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 579 words, 05/01/09
Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE(cg) "Great-looking actors, glossy locations and a knock-down, drag-out girlfight... a predictable and tawdry 'Fatal Attraction'-style guilty pleasure."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 528 words, 04/28/09
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "The movie's most disturbing aspect is the physical resemblance between Mr. Elba and Ms. Larter to O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson.... a distasteful taint of exploitation."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 531 words, 04/25/09
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: POOR(cg) "Shill lets it boil down to a claws-out brawl, which does Knowles no favors... the elegance she showed in 'Dreamgirls' and 'Cadillac Records' is gone."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 429 words, 04/25/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Beyoncé Knowles literally and figuratively kicks butt... The singer-actress' saucy, glamorously wry performance makes up for some of the film's inherent predictability."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 213 words, 04/27/09
Stephen Cole, Toronto Globe & Mail: POOR(cg) "Lisa taunts and teases, while good old Derek keeps his mouth closed and arms folded.... about as much fun as watching a dieting man stare down a cheeseburger."(See all of Stephen Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 493 words, 04/27/09
Melissa Anderson, LA Weekly: POOR "...the film's anxiety surrounding interracial sex is so high that nothing, except for flirting, actually happens between Derek and Lisa; the white she-devil makes it all up."(See all of Melissa Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 186 words, 04/30/09
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "Idris Elba's stiff performance feels more like an audition, while Beyoncé Knowles (as the wife) phones in a hokey routine worthy of her music videos."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 128 words, 04/23/09
KEY CITIES (5 Reviews)
Dan Zak, Washington Post: POOR(cg) "...isn't horrible. It's just intensely simple-minded. It boils down the genre -- like rabbit on a stovetop -- to its essence."(See all of Dan Zak's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 641 words, 04/25/09
Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: POOR(cg) "...just everything you'd expect it to be... Though advertised as the year's sexiest thriller, that's only true if you don't know what the words 'sexy' or 'thriller' mean."(See all of Kevin C. Johnson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 293 words, 04/27/09
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: POOR(cg) "...could have been more.... it has can't-miss hot-buttons built into it. But cast and crew keep fumbling around and hitting 'pause' instead."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 488 words, 04/25/09
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Melissa Anderson, LA Weekly: POOR "...the film's anxiety surrounding interracial sex is so high that nothing, except for flirting, actually happens between Derek and Lisa; the white she-devil makes it all up."(See all of Melissa Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 186 words, 04/30/09
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR(cg) "...the kind of no-balls movie where the guy is a saint, even before the temp turns psycho stalker. So where's the conflict? Nowhere."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 05/01/09
Tom Meek, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "...recycles 'The Temp' and 'Fatal Attraction' and makes them look like masterpieces... the inevitable catfight between Ali Larter and Beyoncé -- even that gets botched."(See all of Tom Meek's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 159 words, 04/30/09
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: POOR(cg) "Idris Elba's stiff performance feels more like an audition, while Beyoncé Knowles (as the wife) phones in a hokey routine worthy of her music videos."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 128 words, 04/23/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "The movie's most disturbing aspect is the physical resemblance between Mr. Elba and Ms. Larter to O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson.... a distasteful taint of exploitation."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 531 words, 04/25/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Beyoncé Knowles literally and figuratively kicks butt... The singer-actress' saucy, glamorously wry performance makes up for some of the film's inherent predictability."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 213 words, 04/27/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: MODERATE "Beyoncé Knowles literally and figuratively kicks butt... The singer-actress' saucy, glamorously wry performance makes up for some of the film's inherent predictability."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 213 words, 04/27/09
Stephen Holden, New York Times: POOR "The movie's most disturbing aspect is the physical resemblance between Mr. Elba and Ms. Larter to O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson.... a distasteful taint of exploitation."(See all of Stephen Holden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 531 words, 04/25/09
16.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Obsessed's reviews are separated by an average 16.6 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Obsessed (20 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Obsessed's reviews cover 47.7% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 7,341 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 367 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 5 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Obsessed's reviews on average broke 5 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Obsessed's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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