Obsessed
Screen Gems | Release Date: April 24, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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50
VarietyJohn Anderson
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 full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Obsessed has little plausibility, but at moments it's an entertaining bad movie, and the performers are vivid. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyMelissa Anderson
Isn't half as dramatic as what probably went down after she (Beyoncé Knowles) kicked LaTavia and LaToya out of Destiny's Child. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
The singer-actress' saucy, glamorously wry performance makes up for some of the film's inherent predictability. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Every move is telegraphed well in advance thanks to desultory writing, routine direction and ample musical cues. Read full review
40
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Takes far too long to get cooking, and it works so hard at NOT being exploitation that it loses sight of its reasons for existing in the first place. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The film may seem a bit undercooked until it gets to the staging of the ultimate battle, but Obsessed is swinging from the chandeliers by the end. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineTracie Cooper
Larter just doesn't have the same bite as the bunny-killing stalkers of years gone by. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Doing his best to class up the joint, "The Wire's" Idris Elba stars as the perfect man. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Unfortunately, the whole movie seems constructed just to get the singer/actress into a knock-down catfight, shoehorning one of show business's sexiest entertainers into a scorned-woman role. And even then, the pay-off feels cheap. Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen Holden
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 full review
0
Rolling StonePeter Travers
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 full review
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