Obsessed movie review

Derek is happily married to his wife, Sharon, with a son, Kyle. However, when a new temp, Lisa begins to flirt with him. Lisa becomes obsessed and begins to manipulate Derek and Sharon's relationship, eventually becoming violent. Lisa fakes a suicide in Derek's hotel room while he is on a business trip. Meanwhile, Detective Reese interrogates Lisa, who lies about her relationship with Derek. While Derek and Sharon are out, Lisa goes to their home and convinces the babysitter to let her in, eventually escaping with Kyle while the babysitter is distracted. Derek goes to the car, intending to pursue Lisa, and finds Kyle in the backseat with lipstick from Lisa on his forehead. They set up a home alarm system, but at this point nothing is going to stop Lisa from getting what she wants.

Ali Larter is the "temp", Lisa, who seems almost other-worldly efficient. Right away she decides she will get Derek for herself, even though he assures her that he is happily married, he loves his wife, there is no chance that he and Lisa will ever be anything more than two people working in the same office.

And, as we witness, every time she makes unwelcome and inappropriate advances he rebuffs them, but his fatal mistake is not (1) telling his wife about them and (2) doing something at work right away to quell this. So, the advances get more aggressive and stranger, and Derek becomes more perplexed about what to do.

In the big business workplace if a "temp" acts strangely at all, you get rid of them quickly and easily. That's the advantage of hiring a "temp", you have no obligation if they don't work out. The story presented here requires that very strange behavior be overlooked the next day, in the hopes "it will all go away." Well it doesn't all simply go away, and there we have the movie. 

I didn't get her motive or history on why she might possibly be obsessed with this man. Idris Elba who plays the husband, Derek, is completely whipped. Now granted I know they were trying to make him into a nice husband, but did they go far or what? This man sent flowers to his wife every week, isn't allowed to go to a basketball game with a friend, is not allowed to have female assistants, pretty much hide in the corner at the company Christmas party so his wife won't jump on him at home. Beyonce Knowles, who plays his wife, Sharon, I had no sympathy for her character what-so-ever. This woman has major jealousy issues and we never know why, she mentions that he once was a player up till he met her, but it's never indicated that he ever cheated on her, so why in the heck is she so incredibly jealous? Also when she finds out that Lisa attempted suicide in Derek's bed, she won't even hear his side of the story, not only that, the house he paid for, she throws him out for THREE MONTHS! God, I want know what happens to him if he doesn't do the dishes, does he have to sleep in the back yard? 

This woman, ladies and gentlemen, is a COLLEGE STUDENT. I have trouble relating to a man who would suffer so much ridiculous punishment at the hands of an insecure and violently suspicious woman, and still beg on his hands and knees for her to take him back.

Unlike a lot of these erotic thrillers, the male character never gives in to temptation. Derek is only guilty of not disclosing Lisa's harassing behavior, because the first several times things happen, he thinks it's over and doesn't need to make an issue out of it. He is a successful, intelligent, good-looking man who loves his wife, but has his life turned upside down because he holds a few things back.

Whilst the plot is certainly unoriginal, it still entertains...and I don't know about anyone else, but I watch movies to be entertained - regardless of whether they are original or not. I did like the fact that in Obsessed, they didn't need sex scenes to make Lisa obsessed with Derek.

There are a lot of negative reviews of this movie, and I have to ask: why the hell did you watch it? It is EXACTLY what it seemed it would be based on the previews. A girl becomes sexually obsessed with her boss and stalks his family. Nothing more to it.

I've seen a few people comment on the race factor -- hmm, I didn't think race played a huge factor at all. If you think so, I think you need to reexamine why you're so sensitive to the idea of a black man being in the lead role and being stalked by a white woman rather than a white man. Would you have the same negative reaction? Probably not. Get over it.

I had fun watching this film.