Obsessed (2009)

A successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But when a temp worker starts stalking him, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.

Director:

Steve Shill

Writer:

David Loughery

Stars:

Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Idris Elba	...	Derek
Beyoncé Knowles	...	Sharon
Ali Larter	...	Lisa
Jerry O'Connell	...	Ben
Bonnie Perlman	...	Marge
Christine Lahti	...	Reese
Nathan Myers	...	Kyle
Nicolas Myers	...	Kyle
Matthew Humphreys	...	Patrick
Scout Taylor-Compton	...	Samantha
Richard Ruccolo	...	Hank
Bryan Ross	...	Security Man
Nelson Mashita	...	Doctor
Bruce McGill	...	Joe Gage
Ron Roggé	...	Roger

Storyline

Derek Charles is a hard working man, employed as a asset manager in a private company. He is very happy with his beautiful wife, Sharon, and only son, and because of his hard work he just got a huge promotion. But suddenly he gets a temporary worker who is both attractive and smart, and Derek is understandably impressed with her and also finds himself physically drawn to her. However, this new girl is desperate to get close to him - at any cost.

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Plot Keywords:

temp worker | marriage | stalker | blonde | stalking | 

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Taglines:

Beware the obsession. Resist the obsession. Escape the obsession.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual material including some suggestive dialogue, some violence and thematic content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Sony

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 April 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Oh No She Didn't

Filming Locations:

2345 Midlothian Dr, Altadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£154,344 (UK) (29 May 2009)

Gross:

$68,261,644 (USA) (12 June 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Rainforest Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The backless red dress that Lisa wears to the hotel (and on the film's poster) was sewn from scratch, using design elements the actress playing her liked from different dresses considered for that sequence. The rest of the garments used in the film were store-bought.

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Goofs

(at around 15 mins) During the montage, Derek is dropping off his son Kyle to the babysitter, as Sharon watches from the window. Derek is wearing a brown coat with a white t-shirt underneath. As he is pulling out of the driveway in his vehicle, he is seen wearing pin-stripped, button-up shirt.

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Quotes

Sharon Charles: Derek, I'm gonna call you back.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Informers/The Soloist/Tyson (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Bamboo Wall"
Written by Draque Bozung
Performed by Patch
Courtesy of With the Quickness

User Reviews

this movie is way too bootylicious for us all

Fellas, do yourself a favor - if you have to see this, see it with your "woman" (by that I mean wife or very close significant other, not a first date for the love of Pete), and make sure she pays. You all know she wants to see it, and by the end you'll maybe even thank her for it. Obsessed is one of those movies that women love to watch in their PJ's on a Sunday afternoon with a pint of ice-cream when nothing else is on *except* for the trashiest piece of trash on TV. And make no mistake, Obsessed is such trash that it is a 3rd rate ripoff of Fatal Attraction, which many forget was *already* a rip-off on Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me. Here's what you need to know: nice business guy with lots of cake and a fine mansion and a super-fine wife and young tot gets derailed off of living in banality by a foxy-but-trouble type of girl who's working part time in the office.

That's it. No more explanation. If you can guess everything that the characters will do, or wont due to incompetence, then you're doing well. Obsessed makes no bones about being original, and in fact could be the precise template needed if anyone ever wanted to do a full-blown ZAZ-style parody on pscyho-chick movies. It takes itself so seriously that it's hard not to knock on it in most of the scenes - and it becomes further frustrating since out of the three main characters, one actor (Idris Elba) is actually very good, almost too good, for the material, and another (Ali Larter) fits in in her completely 1 1/2 dimensional role without much struggle. Only one, Beyonce, seems to be actually trying too hard to "act" and again gets in trouble as she did in Dreamgirls.

The direction is very slack- considering it's a TV guy who did it, maybe only TV according to his creds- and the writing is slack-ier. The development of characterization and plot moves along like a expertly crafted diarrhea, meaning that it never really stops from its trajectory, and it may be a little smooth going, but it also hurts trying to see it accomplish anything aside from pain. And yet, as far as painful cinema goes, it could've been worse. It certainly has the grace to give us a gigantic cat-fight at the end that you'd expect samurai swords. It's not campy enough to recommend, and by no means if you are a heterosexual male will you get much satisfaction out of it. Girls will giggle and be fine with stuff that is run of the mill, with a few jolting twists along the way.