You could even make the case that Obsessed is secretly an inspirational movie disguised as a romantic thriller: If Idris Elba and Beyoncé - paragons of Good - are capable of being this Bad, doesn’t that mean maybe the rest of us are capable of achieving at least … mediocrity? But most importantly, we get to watch Beyoncé not just succeed a little less than usual, but be actively bad. It features post- Wire Idris Elba somehow unable to outwit a relatively uncomplicated antagonist. Obsessed is a hallmark of the Good Bad Movie genre: It’s outrageous if you take it seriously, and unimaginably entertaining to watch if you don’t.
It lays there like undigested latkes.” Travers wasn’t wrong the film develops at a languid pace, and every step is forecast for viewers with either musical cues, lengthy shots of key objects, or painfully obvious writing.īut eight years later, the film is almost endearing in its commitment to its own absurdity. The film garnered a 19 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers, one of many critics who panned it, wrote perhaps the most vivid description of its lack of direction: “Movie? Obsessed doesn’t move at all. The dialogue veers often into caricature (especially in the case of Patrick, Derek’s gay assistant) few characters are complex and the acting is almost painful to watch at times. Her advances jeopardize Derek’s career and his marriage - and both Derek and Sharon have to fight for what they’ve built. Now, a new temp (Ali Larter) develops an increasingly eerie infatuation with Derek as her time at the company goes on. Elba’s character, Derek, is a successful asset manager who met his wife, Sharon (Beyoncé), years earlier when she came to work as a temp at his company.
Obsessed, the 2009 Steve Shill–directed romantic thriller, stars Beyoncé alongside leading man Idris Elba in a Fatal Attraction–esque story. While her less-than-stellar acting in films like The Fighting Temptations, Dreamgirls, and Cadillac Records have all been bolstered by her musical capacity, one film in Beyoncé’s oeuvre stands in stark contrast to the other relatively passable efforts. But even when her theatrics fail to land, Beyoncé knows how to make a film float on the wind of her voice. The bronze in Beyoncé’s otherwise platinum résumé is commonly, if also quietly, acknowledged even by most members of the BeyHive. īeyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is many things - singer, dancer, House of Deréon model, Popeyes aficionado, mother to Blue Ivy (and perhaps now also a set of Gemini twins) - but she is not, for all her talents, the world’s best actress. Please join us as we give the over-the-top action movies, low-budget romance thrillers, and peak ’80s cheese-fests the spotlights they deserve. All week, The Ringer will be celebrating Good Bad Movies, those films that are so terrible they’re endlessly amusing and - dare we say it? - actually good.
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