Obsessed

Year of release : 2009

 

Run time : 1h48min

 

Genre : Thriller

 

Cast : Beyonce, Ali Larter, Idris Elba, Jerry O'Connell

 

 

A young couple seem to live the dream life: they have a baby, the husband received a promotion, they got a new beautiful,big house.

 

However, at work, the husband,Derek, gets a temptress,in the shape of Lisa, a temporary worker,who,seems to switch desks,as quite a lot of people from their office get sick or have days off.

 

Lisa seems nice and charming at first,although, Sharon, Derek's wife,sees right through her from their first meet and conversation.

 

As time passes, Lisa reveals her intentions,and seems more and more unhinged,although Derek never acted in a romantic way towards her,never did anything to give her romantic ideas.

Derek is afraid to tell his wife about it,as she's jealous,and she might think he gave her reasons for her behavior.

 

The movie was so an so, but in the end,it failed to grip me. I kept on wondering if maybe Lisa wasn't that crazy,and just pretended,trying to make him give into her, or destroy his marriage with her scheming,just to date her in the end. If the character was really crazy,that's a whole new level of crazy(although,I must admit,that when I met a classmate from school,2 years after school ended, he told me,casually ,that we dated,when I hated the guy because of the things he was doing to me-grabbed me and squeezed me,lifting my skirt up whenever he passed by me to the point I stopped wearing dresses my whole adolescence-,but to him,that was a relationship).

 

I actually started laughing at the fighting scene between the girls. I found it odd Beyonce was told to act angry,because if someone switched the channel at this scene,it looked like she was the villain. Also, she was talking at the crazy chick,which again, I don't think one in her situation would.

It didn't feel real,as instead of being scared she was just angry and annoyed,although,a crazy woman broke into her house,trying to kill her! I've never seen this attitude in a movie before,and in my opinion,it didn't work.

The movie also ended abruptly,the way movies from 60 years ago would,with a frozen screenshot.

 

I don't know why Beyonce is in this movie, because she's playing the wife,and she's not the lead. She's mostly in the background.

 

The acting was fine,except for Beyonce who was the only one who felt like she didn't give 100%. She felt like she was holding back,afraid to put herself out there.

 

The soundtrack,except for a few songs which I felt didn't match,or didn't like,was good.

 

The movie is for rent / sale on Amazon Video, Apple Tv, DirecTv, Google Play Movies, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : Could have been a contender!