Simply Irresistable Movie Review
Simply Irresistable Review
"Simply Irresistable" Overview
Rating: PG-13
1999
Cast and Crew
Director : Mark TarlovProducer : Jon Amiel,Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.,John Fiedler
Screenwiter : Judith Roberts,Elisabeth Robinson
Starring : Sarah Michelle Gellar,Sean Patrick Flanery,Patricia Clarkson,Dylan Baker,Larry Gilliard Jr.,Christopher Durang,Betty Buckley,Olek Krupa,Amanda Peet
Picture Like Water for Chocolate set in New York City's dining frenzy--only
really boring and stupid.
Sheesh, here we have one of those You've Got Mail-style romances, with dueling
heroes (here, Gellar is the little bistro chef, doing battle with Flanery's
shopping center epicurian palace). Gellar's little shop is headed south, so
it's Flanery to the rescue, right? Well, the secret that makes movies like The
Shop Around the Corner work is that the heroes hate each other at first, then
grow to love one another. Here, it's love at first sight, courtesy of a magic
crab.
Yeah, really.
And that magic crab is responsible for all the hokum in this picture, as
Gellar's emotions are mixed in with her culinary delights. People levitate or
cry, and fog spews from the desert, perfect for the dance floor.
Need I say everyone lives happily ever after?
Reviewer: Christopher Null
