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Obsessed (2009) -- A successful business man (Elba) with a beautiful wife (Knowles) becomes the target of a female stalker (Larter).
Obsessed (2009) -- Clip: I'll call you back
Obsessed (2009) -- Interview: Idris Elba "On why Derek doesn't tell his wife about Lisa"
Obsessed (2009) -- Office flirtations turn dangerous in this trailer
Obsessed (2009) -- A temp worker's obsession with a married professional in this triller

Overview

User Rating:
3.8/10   4,194 votes
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Director:
Steve Shill
Writer (WGA):
David Loughery (written by)
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Release Date:
24 April 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
All's fair when love is war. more
Plot:
A successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But a temp worker starts stalking him, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
Boringly Predictable--wait for regular cable programming more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Oh No She Didn't (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual material including some suggestive dialogue, some violence and thematic content.
Runtime:
USA:108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44507) | UK:12A | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Screen Gems more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is Beyoncé Knowles' first movie role where she is not singing. more
Goofs:
Continuity: at the end of the movie when the two girls fight, Beyoncé has a cut near her lips then when she is outside with Derick she doesn't have the cut anymore. more
Quotes:
Sharon Charles: [from trailer] I'll show you crazy! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Paul O'Grady Show: (2009-04-29)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Jolly Holly (Deck the Halls) more

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51 out of 67 people found the following comment useful:-
Boringly Predictable--wait for regular cable programming, 26 April 2009
3/10
Author: TMDavis from Raleigh, NC

A friend had free movie passes to see this movie--and on my birthday, of all days.

That is two hours of my life that I will never get back.

The movie is a remix of Fatal Attraction, but the plot is nowhere near as edgy and suspenseful. As for the acting...I never expected much of Beyonce in the first place (because she can't act, nor can she speak very well), but I was so disappointed in Idris Elba's performance. A friend remarked that he was probably underacting in order not to overshadow Beyonce, and she was probably right. Still, his character was a caricature of a pseudo-thug from New York who moved up the corporate ranks and added a veneer of sophistication over that thug image. Stringer Bell, we hardly knew ye.

Even Ali Larter didn't come off as psychotic as she could have...perhaps because underneath her lines was the feeling that she was thinking, "What in the world is THIS crap?" Beyonce was a relative nonentity (albeit a well-dressed one), but I'm sure that she and her father bankrolled this movie in further misguided efforts to try and prove that she is a Serious Actress (not to mention a vehicle for further promotion of the House of Dead Wrong--excuse me, the House of Dereon). Too bad it didn't work. However, Beyonce fans and stans will faithfully flock to theaters and will loudly proclaim that she is the best actress since Madea, and should win an Oscar for her performance since she was "robbed" in Dreamgirls. I will give her this: she didn't completely suck as an actress in this movie, but she didn't really stretch herself as an actress either--but then again, she never has. At least she didn't play a singer of some sort in this one, so there is some progress being made.

My disbelief was hardly suspended in this movie. There were so many ways that the movie could have been beefed up to carry viewers on an emotional roller coaster ride, but the writers and directors chose to take the safe route. I'd strongly suggest that people wait for the movie to show up on regular cable programming, and not pay-per-view or view-on-demand.

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