Irresistible (2006)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Ann Turner

Writer:

Ann Turner (written by)

Release Date:

20 July 2006 (Portugal)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Stalker | Cigarette Smoking | Loss Of Mother | Cat | Red Dress

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Susan Sarandon	...	Sophie Hartley
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

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent content, language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Citylink, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company:

Baker Street

Trivia:

Susan Sarandon worked with writer-director Ann Turner for six months to get the film's script to meet her specifications before principal photography got underway in Australia (from early-March 2005 through late-April 2005).

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Movie Connections:

References The Crush (1993)

Soundtrack:

I'll Make You Crazy

Two * may be one too many

I noticed this listed in the TV section of the Sunday newspaper, and with its stars, and 2006 release date, assumed I'd missed it last year when it must have played theaters here, and I was out of the country for an extended period.

I also glanced at a few of this site's first few comments, and just encountered some highly-enthusiastic ones. Didn't have time to look at others, and then tonight tuned it in.

What a piece of nonsense - and I wish I had read some of the later comments. Can see why it went "straight to video." And as I read some of the later comments here during the earlier part of the flick, I must admit, though, I got somewhat fascinated by its awfulness.

Some movies are so "bad," they're almost fascinatingly "good." This wasn't one. The word DULL describes every aspect of the movie: the writing; the acting; the dimension (i.e. lack thereof) of the characters.

The little girls were cute and totally "cardboard" additions to the cast. Sam Neill looked like he needed a gallon of coffee, strong enough to provide a caffeine high, with a half-bottle of uppers dissolved in the brew. Susan Sarandon has proved herself a real pro at schlepping around in some of her past performances, but positively outdid herself here. The new, young ingénue, whom others here have praised, was only a bit less wooden than Sam, and did her share of schlepping as well.

I really had trouble even relating (much less caring) as to just what in the hell Susan was doing in her work. As an architect, it would seem that Sam, with his level of energy, would probably take a year to design a chicken coop.

And the ending's "big twist" (after a previous twist), was slightly confusing, too brief and undramatic, and by then, who in the hell would care anyway?