Obsessed (2009) 7/10

Starring : Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter
Director : Steve Shill
Running Time : 105 mins

Derek Charles (Elba) lives a happy life with his wife Sharon (Knowles) and has just been promoted to Asset Manager in his firm, but when his new temp PA, Lisa Sheridan (Larter), shows up at his work place, her behaviour starts to worry him, especially when she starts turning up at his hotel room and his house, accusing him of having had an affair with her. With his word against hers, Derek is forced to leave his family home and seek help in stopping this mad-woman from ruining his life.

This isn’t that bad a movie, although I did think that Knowles spoiled it a little with her performance, though much of that could be blamed on the script writers. When Elba and Larter are pitted against each other in the first half of the movie, this is when the plot is at its strongest, but fans of silly movies about obsession like Fatal Attraction or Single White Female will no doubt enjoy this addition to the genre.

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