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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.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.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.
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Okay first of all let me tell this. The reviewers that think this is one of the worst movie they ever saw must not have watched a lot of movies in their sorry life. I am the first to admit Irresistible is not a masterpiece but saying it's the worst is just ridiculous. The story is watchable even though you kind of see it coming from miles away. But it still remains a movie that keeps you entertained for an evening. Susan Sarandon en Emily Blunt are good actresses and in this movie they are as well. So for all the haters just watch some more movies, I'm sure you will watch thousands of worse movies then this one. I'm glad I watched this one. I probably won't watch it again but does it really matter?
Predictable, moderately solid...
And it could have been much better if only the plot wasn't so drawn out...
There is a lot of idleness, some situations are unnecessarily emphasized, some are insufficiently emphasized, even the acting in some scenes looks dilettante...
Regardless, I don't regret watching this movie because I'm a huge fan of both Susan Sarandon and Emily Blunt... for whom it's not possible to see all the endless finesse of exceptional acting quality in this movie, but not every movie can or should be a masterpiece- work, which does not mean that it is automatically trash.
A movie for a rainy Sunday afternoon, under a blanket with a cup of tea...
And it could have been much better if only the plot wasn't so drawn out...
There is a lot of idleness, some situations are unnecessarily emphasized, some are insufficiently emphasized, even the acting in some scenes looks dilettante...
Regardless, I don't regret watching this movie because I'm a huge fan of both Susan Sarandon and Emily Blunt... for whom it's not possible to see all the endless finesse of exceptional acting quality in this movie, but not every movie can or should be a masterpiece- work, which does not mean that it is automatically trash.
A movie for a rainy Sunday afternoon, under a blanket with a cup of tea...
With a messy script and quite tedious pacing, this film doesn't really work. Sam Neill and Susan Sarandon do their best with desperately underwritten parts and Emily Blunt feels at times wasted in the role and at other times very miscast. The whole adds up to a waste of your time if you take the risk of watching it. You have been warned.
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.
Once you start watching this film you have to see it through to the end. It draws you in with a very strange tale which twists and turns and keeps you routed to the screen.
The acting from the 3 main characters is superb. Emily Blunt's performance is absolutely stunning as the suspected source of Susan Sarandon's character's concerns and Sam Neill's character's attention.
No spoilers!
Watch and see. My ideal rating would be 6.5/10
Watch and see. My ideal rating would be 6.5/10
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- TriviaSusan 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).
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film where Sophie is in the Kitchen cooking, she picks up a pepper grinder and shakes it into the pot from the wrong end.
- ConnectionsReferences Diabolique séduction (1993)
- SoundtracksTime After Time
(Rob Hyman / Cyndi Lauper (as Cindi Lauper))
(c) Dub Notes and Rellla Music Corp
(By Kind Permission of Warner/Chappell Music Australia)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Performed by Bernadette Robinson
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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