Caffeinated Clint
It’s amazing what money can buy these days –in the case of the feeble Aussie pic “Irresistible” it’s a couple of big-name international stars who’re prepared to turn up in Australia and read lines cold.
Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt, William McInnes, Georgie Parker, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell
It’s amazing what money can buy these days –in the case of the feeble Aussie pic “Irresistible” it’s a couple of big-name international stars who’re prepared to turn up in Australia and read lines cold.
Susan Sarandon wouldn’t have been easy to coax into a small Australian film, especially one that’s not even much chop, so it’s fairly obvious the makers of the new Melbourne-set thriller had some cash up their sleeve. The fact that Sam Neill and rising starlet Emily Blunt (“The Devil Wears Prada”) feature in the main co-starring parts is even further corroboration that the production wasn’t short of a penny.
What they are short of though… is a clue.
If the filmmakers had tried to get “Irresistible” up without it’s “all star cast” it might never happened. There’s no way an investor with half-a-brain would pour his or her money into such an old-hat piece of rubbish.
Sarandon plays Sophie Hartley, an artist and wife of a prominent Australian businessman (Sam Neill), whose suddenly convinced that that someone – most likely her hubby’s co-worker, played by Emily Blunt – is trying to steal her children, her husband: her life.
For all intents and purposes, “Irresistible” is a bad film in good film’s clothing – looks appealing on the outside but on the inside its as hollow as an Easter egg – think “The Temp” or “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle” but with some super-fine talent up front and some compelling cinematography. The fact that it’s set in Melbourne gives it another element… I guess… but not enough of an element to make it any less dreary though.
Remember for next time guys, it’s quality not quantity that matters in the long run.
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Reviewer : Clint Morris
