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Obsessed

All's fair when love is war.

A milder updated version of Fatal Attraction, for the YouTube/MySpace/FaceBook generation. Beyoncé plays the stay-at-home-wife who suspects her husband of having an affair with the super sexy new temp at work. Well, the temp thinks they have something going on, even when they don't. Since hell has no fury like a woman scorned, the temp goes into stalker mode as she fights for the man. Pretty wife does not take kindly to that and a major catfight is inevitable...

110 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language, Violence)
Crime, Drama, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter, Jerry O'Connell, Bonnie Perlman, Christine Lahti

Director

Steve Shill

Screenplay

David Loughery

Music

James Dooley

Cinematography

Keng Seng

Editing

Paul Seydor

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Screen Gems, Rainforest Films

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Thriller
Language	Moderate, occasional
Nudity	None
Sex	Moderate strength sexual innuendo and a couple of mild to moderate implied sex scenes
Violence	A lengthy moderate strength implied sex scene
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Infrequent and mild
Drug abuse	Some social alcohol
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarDebashine Thangevelo

Die BurgerMariana Malan

The CitizenPeter Feldman There is nothing remotely creatively crazy to be found in Obsessed.

24.comAshlin Simpson

International Media

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers I'd call this stenchcloud Fatal Attraction meets The Temp, but that would insult those movies.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Essentially just an updated version of Fatal Attraction without the interesting characters, true suspense and/or interesting subtext (even with the mixed racial element that's present), the film takes forever to play out.

Metacritic.com12 critics

RottenTomatoes.com78 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer The inevitable Fatal Attraction comparisons aside, Obsessed is a generic, toothless thriller both instantly predictable and instantly forgettable.

Internet (IMDB)3973 Netizens A fun, thriller!

Average .. 33%

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