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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50VarietyVarietyDon't expect a pot full of boiling bunnies, because nothing so creatively crazy ever happens in Obsessed, a "Fatal Attraction"-inspired predatory-female domestic thriller that spends much time spinning its wheels and making auds practically beg for an explanation to all the madness and obsession.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanObsessed has little plausibility, but at moments it's an entertaining bad movie, and the performers are vivid.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyIsn't half as dramatic as what probably went down after she (Beyoncé Knowles) kicked LaTavia and LaToya out of Destiny's Child.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttEvery move is telegraphed well in advance thanks to desultory writing, routine direction and ample musical cues.
- 40SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekTakes far too long to get cooking, and it works so hard at NOT being exploitation that it loses sight of its reasons for existing in the first place.
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineLarter just doesn't have the same bite as the bunny-killing stalkers of years gone by.
- 25The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasDoing his best to class up the joint, "The Wire's" Idris Elba stars as the perfect man.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierUnfortunately, the whole movie seems constructed just to get the singer/actress into a knock-down catfight, shoehorning one of show business's sexiest entertainers into a scorned-woman role. And even then, the pay-off feels cheap.
- 10The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie’s most disturbing aspect, of which the filmmakers could not have been unaware, is the physical resemblance between Mr. Elba and Ms. Larter to O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson. It lends Obsessed a distasteful taint of exploitation.
- 0Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversMemo to Beyoncé Knowles: You were so good as Etta James in "Cadillac Records," so why'd you go spoil everything with a rank cheeseball thriller that buries you in clichés and won't even help you dig yourself out?