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Simply Irresistible

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Mind you, such harsh words come from the biggest Buffy fan ever; I'd rather miss a bathing than an episode. But Sarah, please, why did you agree to participate on a screenplay that would have been better used as loo paper? "Simply Irresistible" is anything but - an unfunny, unromantic ball of dog mess. The story, centering around two, young, hip New Yorkers falling in love from the help of a magical crab sounds like it was conceived when some Hollywood executive was juiced on 'ludes and constipated on the toilet. The film can't even offer a single interesting moment, line of dialogue or original thought. I found myself, three minutes into the film, wishing that Sarah's character, Amanda, would lose her noodle, get all hot and carnal, and just pull off her blouse and skirt - spending the rest of the film, *, standing in a fountain, and singing showtunes to anyone walking by. Not THAT'S what I call "Simply Irresistible". And when you think that nothing else could go wrong with this mistake, the producers had to gall to have Sarah's hair changed back to her original color, brown - it looks horrible. Everyone knows that we want SMG beautiful and blonde...the way God artificially intended her.

This movie is certainly resistable. Trite and often boring, I napped for twenty minutes in the middle and didn't miss a thing. Kids will like the whimsical images but adults will find it silly and uninteresting. The stars of this movie are the delectable dishes that Buffy "magically" whips up. Don't bother unless you need to tempt your appetite.

This is Sarah Michelle Gellar's best movie! Unpretentious, genuine young lady battling the reality of small business and about to see her whole world go down the kitchen drain when she is saved by wonder. And that is what this story is about wonder.. and food. For me the details are everything. The plot is simple and that is probably what disturbs a number of the reviewers.. but they admit it themselves.. and they can't put their finger on it. Here we finally have a story where everything suddenly goes right. And wouldn't you like that to happen to you at least once! The movie has name players but not A-listers. The story features a great deal to do with savouring the taste of food, and who would go to see a movie based on food? Yet.. there are few pictures I enjoy more than this one. I am not a SMG fan, but in this motion picture Sarah is absolutely perfectly cast. It is her 13 Going On 30 role!

This movie has a light-hearted and fairly lousy script, but it still has a corny kind of charm that will probably appeal to young girls. I doubt it's something these actors would put at the top of their resume, but it's kind of cute if you don't expect too much.

I loved the idea behind this movie, the actors are brilliant and the premise quite intriguing - in fact watching the trailer I enjoyed the music(I love the song Crush and it fit so well) and the hook used to create interest, it was really great and it worked. Maybe that's the problem but from what I can remember the movie itself didn't follow through with what it promised. Well, they didn't use Jennifer Paige's song for a start... As far as I can recall the story itself had no layers, there was little depth and I couldn't really find a beginning, middle and end.. it felt incomplete or just lacking in some way. I knew at the time of watching this exactly what I thought let it down but unfortunately in order to remember I'd have to watch it again and I haven't wanted to. As soon as I do though I'll re-post :)

I was surprised how much I enjoyed "Simply Irresistible." I went because I like the leads from TV shows and I like magic realism . I didn't mind that it rips off "Like Water for Chocolate" but I did mind how cheaply it was done with really lousy cinematography and poor lighting. The cute script had the teens in the audience laughing out loud so it's too bad there was no directorial imagination. Bring on the fantasy scenes, please. It also badly needed a choreographer, but it had nice music here and there. Not the best romantic movie of the year. (Originally written 2/13/1999)

In this romantic comedy (if you could call it that) Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, stars as a cook who gets magical powers and uses them to cook very nice food. It sounds like a cute idea but the film does not work on any level. The acting was awful. Gellar, although not one of my favourite actresses, normally seems to possess a basic level of acting ability in Buffy but it is not apparent here. Sean Patrick Flanery is also very tedious in this film. They are supposedly in love but the two leads show no chemistry and in fact seem generally bored throughout the film. Not that I can entirely blame them given that the dialogue means that it would be extremely difficult for them to seem at all like believable human beings. The story was just absurd and the special effects (particularly the infamous crab) were just painfully bad. The director does not seem to have made any effort at all. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece but I was hoping to be entertained in some way by this film but it's truly bad. I lost hope about 20 minutes before the ending and left which is quite unusual for me as I like to finish what I start. However, this is a film which justifies walking out. Definitely one of the worst films I've seen in years. 1/10 - Give this one a miss