Irresistible (2005)

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A paranoid housewife finds that her worst fears are merely dwarfed be the terrifying reality of her dangerous obsession in director Ann Turner's psychologically bent study in fear starring Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, and Emily Blunt. Convinced that her husband's beautiful co-worker Mara (Blunt) is… More A paranoid housewife finds that her worst fears are merely dwarfed be the terrifying reality of her dangerous obsession in director Ann Turner's psychologically bent study in fear starring Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, and Emily Blunt. Convinced that her husband's beautiful co-worker Mara (Blunt) is seeking to rob her of her family and steal her identity, Sophie Hartley (Sarandon) finds nothing but incredulous stares when she voices her concern to her disbelieving family and friends. As Sophie struggles to maintain her slipping sanity and the grip of paranoia continues to tighten its constricting grip, her acute obsession finds Sophie becoming her own worst nightmare. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By: Ann Turner
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama

On DVD: Apr 18, 2006
Studio: First Look International

Critic Reviews

Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
The early scenes give the film the impetus of a mystery, or even perhaps a psychological thriller, but there are a couple of gear changes that take it eventually into soap opera territory.
Betty Jo Tucker, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Although the twist ending surprised me, it makes perfect sense. But why this excellent thriller went straight to DVD makes no sense at all.
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Suspense psicológico rasteiro que, apesar da boa atuação de Sarandon, se perde irremediavelmente em seu ato final, quando abandona qualquer pretensão de inteligência e se entrega ao absurdo.

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Film C

Sam Neil, Emily Blunt and Susan Sarandon: A brilliant cast but not such a brilliant movie! i mean yes you were getting twists and surprises right till the end but not great, its a bit dragged out and long winded that it just gets a bit boring, i like the concept of the story its… More
Sam Neil, Emily Blunt and Susan Sarandon: A brilliant cast but not such a brilliant movie! i mean yes you were getting twists and surprises right till the end but not great, its a bit dragged out and long winded that it just gets a bit boring, i like the concept of the story its pretty good but not a suspense thrilller that i liked could have been done better! Sam Neil looked Hot!!
Leigh R

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Lady D

An enjoyable paranoid Thriller, where the acting seemed to vary a little throughout and ranged from really enjoyable to some slightly annoying moments. The plot is certainly what this film is all about and the build up toward the paranoia was dealt with fairly realistically, but… More
An enjoyable paranoid Thriller, where the acting seemed to vary a little throughout and ranged from really enjoyable to some slightly annoying moments. The plot is certainly what this film is all about and the build up toward the paranoia was dealt with fairly realistically, but does have it?s flaws. The twist, I felt was a little predictable, which was a little disappointing and of course resulted in losing some marks for me when I was rating it. The slightly odd ending left me feeling I may have missed something, but looking at others' reviews I feel this was just one of those endings that was left this way for effect (?). This is certainly a film worthy of watching and I?m sure I?ve given it more negative comments than it actually deserves.
Craig S

Directed by: Ann Turner. Starring: Emily Blunt, Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill. Never had I heard of this film before last week, it just suddenly showed up in my video store and somehow it caught my eye, I read… More
Directed by: Ann Turner. Starring: Emily Blunt, Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill. Never had I heard of this film before last week, it just suddenly showed up in my video store and somehow it caught my eye, I read about it and saw it was an Australian film with a very known universal cast so I thought I'd give it a go....and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. The film has this strange hitchcockian feel about it, where alot of it is kept in suspense and mystery and formula is played out up until the very surprising, very clever twist. The film does appear like its a TV film, the feel of it gives that impression and I guess because it was released straight to DVD, I am surprised how this slipped past theaters, it has so much more if you look past the TV movie feel, there is quite a bit of nicely built up and very slow suspense, it really does grip you, just as long as you survive the first 30 minutes and try and look past some flaws in parts during the first hour of the film. The sub-characters are all australian, with them all giving pretty mediocre performances, Susan Sarandon is actually about average here, but then again I have never really seen her as more, but Emily Blunt gives quite a subtle and chilling little performance, proving once again that she is the new face on the block, she is certainly going to go far. Overall, the film certainly came as a surprise, the film ultimately will be viewed as a Saturday night film because of it going straight to DVD, but underneath a few flaws and a strange TV movie look, there is a hitchcockian feel with slow suspense and a very well plotted and surprising twist ending. If you ever see this in video stores, I'd recommend you watch it.
Deb S

Susan Sarandon is an artist and book illustrator married to Craig (Sam Neill), a successful architect, and has two beautiful young daughters. Plagued by artist's block, Sophie is also struggling to cope with the grief and sorrow of losing her mother who recently passed away.… More
Susan Sarandon is an artist and book illustrator married to Craig (Sam Neill), a successful architect, and has two beautiful young daughters. Plagued by artist's block, Sophie is also struggling to cope with the grief and sorrow of losing her mother who recently passed away. Already emotionally unsettled, Sophie notices things going missing and other strange things happening in her home. Eventually, she begins to suspect that Mara (Emily Blunt), the beautiful and seductive new comer at Craig's office, is breaking into her home and playing some sort of sinister game with Sophie's family. Her sanity is quickly being put into question as nobody believes on her and she begins to stalk Mara, in the hopes of proving that she is right. The ending's "big twist" (after a previous twist), was slightly confusing, too brief and un-dramatic, and by then, who in the hell cares anyway?
Robert F

This movie was typically Australian in its simplicity, but it had enough twists and turns to keep me interested. Well done to Emily Blunt for mastering the Australian accent (almost) perfectly. But why did they call this film Irresistible? It doesn't really fit in with the… More
This movie was typically Australian in its simplicity, but it had enough twists and turns to keep me interested. Well done to Emily Blunt for mastering the Australian accent (almost) perfectly. But why did they call this film Irresistible? It doesn't really fit in with the storyline.
Barry L

Im not a big Sarandon fan but this was a really well acted film. Well worth a watch.