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Dieters beware: "Simply Irresistible" is not the movie for you.
This fanciful fairy-tale type movie focuses mainly on food,
food, food. When I left the theatre I was practically drooling.
This ridiculous depiction of magic and pseudo-witchcraft was
less creditable than a politician's campaign speech. Sarah Michelle
Gellar (you know her from the hysterically popular "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer" TV series) stars as a young chef whose 70-year-old
restaurant is finally failing. Then she gets a crush on wealthy
department-store owner Tom, who will soon be opening a lavish
restaurant nearby. (Sound familiar? This reminded me of "You've
Got Email where wealthy Tom Hanks was putting Meg Ryan's longtime
children's bookstore out of business.)
Unexplainably, she becomes Super Chef. (Her new culinary skills
actually have something to do with a special crab she bought
from a ghost-type character.) When she kisses her new beau,
they levitate and wind up floating on the ceiling; similar strange
occurrences happen throughout this movie.
If I hadn't been so distracted by all the annoying subliminal
food messages, I would have been bored. Some of it was mildly
humorous, but I just couldn't get past the vastly ludicrous
surrealism and hopelessly predictable romance. Not to mention
that I must have gained five pounds just watching this movie!
My rating: 2 stars
Rating : PG-13
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