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Very disappointing...

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it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Blistering performances.

I just plain don't get the ending. I wish someone would write a spoiler and let us confused people know what you think. I watched the first 40 and the last 40 minutes of the movie and listened to the rest. I was so unhappy I didn't pay better attention now I am going out of my mind trying to figure it out. However, it was interesting enough to watch on TV. I disagree with it not being worth the time because it had its moments that pulled you back in.Like the party scene. I thought Mara was hitting on Susan and was going to use that to break up the marriage. But, I was wrong.This movie get an eight because I will watch anything with Susan Sarandon in it. Sam Neill is a favorite from long ago but his character was kind of not dynamic. I also thought the children were under-developed. The best character was the older lady who was the neighbor. She kept things together in the movie.

The other reviewer who bemoaned the inability to vote -0- was being kind. I wish there were negative numbers. I can't say enough unkind things about this movie and its bovine star. Sam Neill is attractive enough but miscast and then some. Emily Blount is very pretty. Susan Sarandown (pun intended) is not very pretty and, as usual, beyond boring to watch unless you are a guy hoping for a peek at the famous rack but at this point, age has not burnished her always limited charm and the rack has probably been enhanced rather than permitted to move south with the rest of her "charms." I admit that, after the first few benighted minutes, the reason I watched was to see if it could get worse and it did. I watched the rest only to be able to review because I think one should not review any movie without watching it. In any event, the best advice that I can offer is AVOID this mess and be very careful that you don't accidentally step in it.

...but can't be faulted for trying hard. Too hard, unfortunately. Writer/director Ann Turner strives to build tension, but loses focus as the script distracts the audience with too much belaboring of incidents to maintain any real dramatic momentum. It's also difficult to accept sexagenarian Susan Sarandon as a woman in her early forties. Yes, she's always held her age well, but c'mon. Still, fans of her work will enjoy what she gives them here, even as they groan at times. Sam Neill does his dutiful best as the husband bewildered by his wife's odd behavior, but his character comes totally unraveled in a third act seduction. Speaking of which, although decently filmed in the beautiful environs of Melbourne, Australia, "Irresistible" descends into formulaic schlock in its final act, and loses whatever good will the audience had for it at that point. The twist ending only makes you wonder how clever little Mara (played with all the appropriate do-ability necessary by tyro starlet, Emily "The Devil Wears Prada" Blunt) got the job with the hubby's firm in the first place, and the too-long-by-half second twist ending is out of place. Regrettably mistitled, "Irresistible" simply isn't.

I liked this movie for several reasons; it's got its flaws, but it's also got some redeeming qualities. The premise is good. The plot unwinds in enough fits and starts to actually seem as if some of this could be happening---it keeps the viewer uncertain as to where it's going. It also fails to adequately provide the interstices where something has happened, it's not well explained how it happened, and we are asked to accept that it has been a natural progression. This unfortunately fails to win the viewers' affection. An example of this is where the children are suddenly withdrawn and in fear of Sarandon's mother character --- yet nothing in the script has fully prepared us to believe that the parental bonds have suffered that greatly especially when the relationship previously has been shown strong. What the filmmakers are trying to do is obvious: they want to unsettle the audience, to get them out of familiar territory, and stretching the normal boundaries in relationship, in time, in space is an effective way of doing this. It just has to be done with a little more credibility and all would be fine. I suspect that some of the seams are showing as result of editing and failing to include continuity for proper pacing. We see the breakdown of the protagonist---we are not sure if her delusions are causing, or caused by events. What we don't get is the flow from certitude to shaken state, leaving us not sure whether we're buying into it or not. There are also a few incidents that could have been altered to be a little less far-fetched---(floor grate scene). Overall I did like the movie, I just felt it needed some polishing. O'Neil's role is one of the loving husband and protective father . . . somewhere he is also simply a man, and it doesn't feel right when he's going through a seduction. I found it unreasonable: his character had too much to lose, and too much was hinted at as to why he would fall for this but not detail enough, again, to allow me to believe that he would maritally stray. As mysteries go, this one is only needing some editorial work, and a bit of scriptural add-in to be a much better movie. Still, I liked it, and I liked the final Du Maurier-esquire twist. That I did like.