Irresistible (2006)

A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.

Director:

Ann Turner

Writer:

Ann Turner

Stars:

Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Susan Sarandon	...	Sophie
Sam Neill	...	Craig
Emily Blunt	...	Mara
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	...	Sam (as Bud Tingwell)
William McInnes	...	Jimmy
Georgie Parker	...	Jen
Terry Norris	...	Magistrate
Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik	...	Elly
Lauren Mikkor	...	Ruby
Heather Mitchell	...	Rina
Jill Forster	...	Helen
Joelene Crnogorac	...	Anastasia
Geneviève Picot	...	Mara's Nurse
Carolyn Bock	...	Sophie's Nurse
Alethea McGrath	...	Maggie

Storyline

Sophie Hartley is convinced that she is being stalked. She becomes increasingly certain that her husband's beautiful co-worker, Mara, wants her children, her husband and her life. But no one believes Sophie. Forced to prove her sanity, Sophie grows increasingly paranoid - but is she imagining things? Sophie becomes completely caught up in her obsession, turning stalker herself - and makes a discovery more frightening than her worst fear.

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Plot Keywords:

american | gift | card game | abroad | hatred | 

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Taglines:

A secret is not safe if the truth has a witness.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violent content, language and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official site The film's first Official site

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2006 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Identidade Roubada

Filming Locations:

Citylink, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Baker Street,Film Finance,Film Victoria

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Susan Sarandon worked on the script with writer/director Ann Turner for six months before principal photography began in Australia (from early March 2005 through late April 2005).

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Goofs

Near the beginning of the film, you see Sophie touching up the painting inside the owl's eye. The next shot clearly shows her over-blacken part of the white in its eye. In the next scene, it is untouched.

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Connections

References The Crush (1993)

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Soundtracks

I'll Make You Crazy
(David Hirschfelder / Phil Buckle)
Control / BMG Music Publishing
Performed by Susie Ahern

User Reviews

Intriguing, but one too many twists

Susan Sarandon goes "slumming" in Australia and comes up with a pretty nifty thriller, IRRESISTIBLE. She plays a mom and wife and professional artist who begins to imagine things. She hears voices after her mother dies. Doors open and close of their own accord. Family photos disappear. An elderly neighbor swears someone dressed like Sarandon has been going in and out of her house! Changing the locks doesn't appear to help, and hubby Sam Neill is less than sympathetic. The solution comes at us unexpectedly, but then the writer or director decides to take it for one more turn -- at which point I was crying, "Enough!" It comes to A LIFETIME-type conclusion. Sarandon makes the film. Without her edgy performance as the aging, distraught mother, IRRESISTIBLE would be absolutely nothing. Neil is just window dressing.