Thanks to loyal reader Christine for sending this link to a review for Beyonce’s movie “Obsessed” which opened nationally in theaters this weekend. I went to see “American Violet” at Atlantic Station last night and I didn’t see anyone going to see “Obsessed”. The theater staff I spoke with blamed the lack of interest in the movie on Beyonce — despite the fact that critics say actor Idris Elba shines in the movie.
From UK Metrolife:
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Beyoncé Knowles is standing tall at the top of the US box office but her plans to become a giant of the big screen have been blasted as a joke by critics. Knowles latest on screen efforts took a pummelling from naysayers despite her stalking thriller Obsessed amassing an impressive £19.6million ($28.5m) at the weekend. The singer was blasted ‘laughable’, after her flick was dubbed a b-rate re-run of 1987’s Fatal Attraction. One acid-tongued reviewer said: ”Obsessed’ is your typical stalker thriller, but is horrifically written and terribly overacted. Beyonce Knowles’ performance is completely laughable.’
Another stepped up to put in the blows, telling: ‘It’s doubtful that ‘Obsessed’ will stick in the popular imagination for more than two weeks, because the movie is borderline ludicrous.’ The floundering Destiny’s Child singer, 27, plays the wife of a successful asset manager who has just received a promotion. But things go horribly wrong when a temp work turns on the screws and starts stalking him. [LINK]
this movie was a waste of my money . my sister was the one who actually wanted to see this and even she was mad.besides idris looking like a fine hunk chocolate , the fight scene was the only good part of the movie .
THATS FUNNY…. YOU CALL IT A JOKE WHEN IT’S #1 AT THE BOX OFFICE.
LOL
DO IT BEY!!!
Morning all!
I saw the movie on Saturday. I feel indifferent about it; it wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad either. I will tell you this, Ali Carter’s character was certified PSYCHO in this movie!!
Also, did anyone know they are remaking Fame? I mean, what’s next? Please leave the old school movie/shows alone. Nothing anyone can create can touch the original.
It had a good opening week but this movie will fade fast. It will be gone from the theatres by mid to the end of may
i agree with them when they say Beyonce is the reason people dont want to see this movie… from the commercial she looks like she is trying to be Angela Basset when she was on the phone “you come in my house-ah? you touch my sooonnn-ah” oh b*tch please give it up.
The only people i know who wanted to see it, wanted to because they hoped Beyonce got her ass whipped… but of course in these movies she’s come out on top… so no one wasted their money on it
@licia: I agree. The fight scene was the best part of the movie. And Beyonce throwing down was actually believable.
The theater staff I spoke with blamed the lack of interest in the movie on Beyonce — despite the fact that critics say actor Idris Elba shines in the movie.
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they work at a MOVIE theater…they are NOT movie critics. and there is nothing WRONG with working at a movie theater but last time i went the movies is staffed by college students and retirees.
Her acting is a joke the movie was ok Idris is fine #1 movie or not beyonce can’t act
BLACKBARBIE404 Says:
THATS FUNNY…. YOU CALL IT A JOKE WHEN IT’S #1 AT THE BOX OFFICE.
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#1 at the box office with no good competition means nothing.
i could have watched idris the whole movie with no dialog and i would have been happy.
The soloist looked like excellent competetion to me.
It should be illegal for beyaki to ACT in movies..
SO SANDRA YOU DON’T THINK JANIE FOXX, SOLOIST IS A GOOD MOVIE? WHAT ABOUT THE FIGHTER WITH TERRANCE HOWARD? PEOPLE WERE OUT IN MASSES TO SEE BEYONCE, HER FOLLOWING IS GREATER THAN THAT OF THE OTHER STARS. THE FUNNY THING IS, HAD THIS MOVIE TANKED, YOU SANDRA AND EVERYONE ELSE WOULD HAVE BLAMED BEYONCE, LET’S KEEP IT REAL, SPOKE MY PEACE, AND NOW I’M OUT!
SORRY TYPO, MEANT JAMIE FOXX
NOT TO MENTION SANDRA, THE CRITICS SAID THAT 17 AGAIN WOULD BEAT OUT OBSESSED, THE BETTED AGAINST THE BEYONCE MACHINE AND LOST, SO NOW EVERYONE IS MAKING UP EXCUSES.
Naima Says:
It had a good opening week but this movie will fade fast. It will be gone from the theatres by mid to the end of may
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I don’t think it will last that long. This was more of a I want to see Idris or others out of curiousty to check out Beys acting.
But for the dandruff in the lace front, her nail being chipped, ashy elbows, toes, and knees, off pose, meat in her teeth and makeup being mediocre, bey looks cute to me in this pic.
The film has reached number 1 and people have loved it, but those critics always give bad reviews. They think they know it all.
– Faris, Sheffield
i won’t say she should stop trying to act because she can get better if she tried and took some classes.
ehhh … i won’t even rent it from the 1.00 redbox machines .. her diction and tone of voice irritates the hail outta me
OT: is it hot in yalls area im in philly and its 100 degrees!!!
and that obsessed movie is a funny, beyonce cant talk to save her life she sounds like Tiny
hey man i’m for houston . what are ya’ll saying ? lmao
Dear Lord Jesus,
Please deliver the stans from their blindness, this Beyonce cannot act, they know it as well as us well adjusted people do, but the continue to encourage the madness by paying money to see her on screen.
Amen
Bad acting, bad reviews even bad breath..
Bey will continue to get acting jobs because she has a following. I think its sad because there are so many real actors who grind hard to make a living and just don’t get the roles.
I can think of a list as long as my arm of black actress who are out of work. & that’s because there aren’t many roles out there for them.
When Will started acting he gave up rapping. You can’t honestly be serious about more than one career.
Anyway I can’t hate on the fact that a black woman is # 1 @ the box office.
IT MADE DOLLARS – SO IT MADE SENSE….
LET’S JUST AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THIS ONE….
aqtpie Says:
The soloist looked like excellent competetion to me.
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It wasn’t. Movies like The Soloist aren’t crowd favorites. Those are “award getting movies” as I like to call em lol. The majority of the public isn’t trying to see some homeless man play nothing lol.
^^^ i wish i could have convinced my sister to see that instead. i am really excited about that one.
that girl cant get her props on this web site ever…… if you listen to yall she is the most hate woman in America with her millions of dollars and huge fan following… hate is not a color worn well on brown skin……
I will only see it in the theaters if my hubby and I are cheating by doing a 2 for 1, otherwise I’ll wait for the DVD. I think The Soloist IS a good movie and the one I would pay to see BUT it didn’t do well because it’s not the kind of Jamie Foxx movie that many urban young people want to see whereas Obsession is.
This really wasn’t a head to head with Jamie and Bey. Now if Jamie was doing a Thin Line type movie going against Obsession and thoe box office numbers were like they are now then you could say that Bey whipped that azz but you can’t compare The Soloist to Obsession. They are 2 different genres.
Regarding the picture, Bey looks nice but her hair is starting to look really bad on a regular. It’s time for a new color. What would shock me is her chopping her hair off doing a short bob or pixie. That will never happen because her machine believes that you have to have a 3 horse blonde bundle flowing down your back to be right in the biz.
@black
I normally agree with you but I have disagree this time, aint nothing making sense about her incompete acting skills. :)=
@karaz
And the church will say “AMEN”
@Ice
Anyway I can’t hate on the fact that a black woman is # 1 @ the box office
#1 or not chick cant act smdh!!! lmao!!!
@ MIZZDALLAS
I RESPECT YOUR OPINION…
I’M SURE BEY IS LAUGHING AT HER HATERS ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK….
Ok, Well I loved the movie and I though Bey did a great job! Ali Larter was amazing as well. Bey is very talented and she will continue to grow and prosper. One could only dream of being as successful as she is and I honestly believe this is only the beginning of what she is capable of. So many are quick to knock her and look for flaws. It makes me so angry that someone with so much talent can be hit with so much negativity. SMH
I love when Beyonce’s income comes into play. Like, how the f*ck does that benefit you OR me?
For the record, she laughs at her obsessive fans all the way to the bank. Because it’s HILLLARIOUS how she has that bedazzled wool over everyone’s eyes.
This was not hard for beyonce, in regards to her being number 1 at the box office. Reasons:
1 She has established such a bad reputation at acting, that everybody always want to come out to get a laugh at her or either see if she’s gotten better.
2 She promoted the hell out of this film.
3 Jamie Foxx as the soloist put his foot in this mouth, talking sideways about Miley, so you know white folks was not gone come out to suppport him
Beyonce will not be #1 week, i guarantee you that. And beyonce may be smiling not, but deep down, she knows people didn’t sincerely come out to see her, this great actress, she knows deep down that she’s a joke in the acting arena, and trust me, above anything, she wants to be respected in this arena, not a joke. But for now, she’ll take this as a win with a smile, but underneath, she’s not happy about. #1 is #1, so who wouldn’t be happy on some level. But i know she’s reading the reviews, and for sure there’s no oscar in her future with these types of performances.
it wasnt a bad movie wasnt a great movie. i think it being the type of movie it is it cant help but be predictable. keanu reeves one of the biggest box office draws ever and he cant act to save his life. but i also saw soloist and ill say jamie outdid himself it is a great movie and he got down moreso than even in ray
Wow, there are actually people on here COMPLIMENTING Beyonce’s atrocious acting abilities??
Beyonce can sing her butt off, but her acting sucks. I’m sorry. No matter how much money her movie made, no matter who her co-stars are, no matter what number her movie came in at the Box Office– her acting abilities are still non-existent.
hey east how did robert downey do ? i love him . the movie looked really good from the previews .
eastpointvet Says:
it wasnt a bad movie wasnt a great movie. i think it being the type of movie it is it cant help but be predictable. keanu reeves one of the biggest box office draws ever and he cant act to save his life. but i also saw soloist and ill say jamie outdid himself it is a great movie and he got down moreso than even in ray
BETTER THAN RAY? I LOVED JAMIE IN RAY, I THOUGHT HE COULDN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT!
Recession is affecting everything, wasnt for lack of people WANTING to see it. Either way, she aint worried Im sure.
I’m watching it online now… it should have gone straight to LIFETIME – def. not big screen material, thanks to Bey’s mediocre acting skills.
If anyone is interested in watching it I’ll send you the link. (Auntie I know you don’t support piracy but it’s a recession)
lol@ bedazzled wool. If anyone was smart, they should have bought a ticket to Jamies movie but went to see Beyonce, so Jamie could get credit, and Beyonce could get the laughs.
But Jamie tore his ass when he said those things about Miley, BAD TIMING, DUDE.
As for Beyonce, I feel the same about her acting as I do her singing, gyrating and product endorsement…please sit your ass down. #1 or not, her acting is bad and she will never win a Grammy.
And for the record, whoever said Beyonce has a following should remember Halle had a following too. Until she won the grammy for setting it out for the white boy, and has been a movie flop ever since.
I said grammy but I meant Oscar – my bad, they’re both gold potato-poTato
yes better than ray i didnt think it would get better than that either and licia robert got off them drugs or whatever was his problem and did his thing 2
Why must everybody be a hater damn I wish we could bury that word once and for all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beyonce can’t act! She laughs all the way to the bank period regardless of stans or “haters” she aint checking for either group of people.
She has the #1 movie at the box office but not even ALL that $$ can buy her acting skills.
I went to see the movie cause I LUVS me some Idris otherwise I would not have wasted my time seeing anything she is in.
I will go to the movies Sun to see the Soloist.
don’t matter because it took at least 4 mil to make..so bey flipped that movie. i thought jamie foxx was going to be #1 since they were talking about another OSCAR for him in that movie!!! go bey!!!! go bey!! make that paper..
BLAH BLAH BLAH…
NEXT!
LOL
I am so glad B wasn’t in the movie alot more screen time for Idris who was FAB!
@Coo Coo – lol – I was going to support the Soloist until Jamie’s comment about a 16 year old, so I will just borrow the bootleg copy.
OK its obvious everybody loves them some beyonce- including the haters.. If not there wouldnt be any Posts or comments everyday about her.. Ok next…,I enjoyed the movie- it was kind of long but believe it or not- they gave her a Standing applause at the end of the movie.. Well then again I was at a All white movie theater and I know cause black people dont show love for each other like that..Peace
the movie was sold out the whole weekend out here, so i’ll catch it next weekend. everybody that i know that saw it said that it was good. but u can’t please everybody…
There was no competition, so of course it was no 1.
It doesn’t change the fact that it was bad movie…..bad movies can come in no. 1
Dang, I thought movie was good. All the players were good. And I think Bey did a good job. And so what if her fans will go see anything she touches? Its the same way with Miley and an ass of other entertainers. Just because you don’t like it don’t mean shit…so go sit you ass down somewhere.
@Love black people show love to each other each and every day. Comparing somebody not bowing down to Beyonce to blacks in general not showing love to each other is beyond a bit of a stretch. I am sure you do NOT and have NOT liked or cared to support each and every black artist there ever was.
Some people really take this Beyonce stuff way to far. I give her props when they are due NOT just cause her name is Beyonce.
@ Daisy, i am not referring to Beyonce at all.. I am saying that we tend to knock our people down just a little to much. I can name a handful of black women that have been knocked down on this site …. I can name a hand full of white actresses or actors that cant act but i dont see their people dogging them as bad as we do are own. Not trying to turn this into a race thing . Oh and by the way, How come we aint blasting keyCo for holding the ponytale up- I seem to remember we were all ove Bey when she did it.. im just saying.. the pic is on Nechole bitchie website- love her site too …
I call it like I see it white or black. I RARELY see anything about White actresses posted on SR but if I do and I believe they can’t act you better believe they wont get slack from me.
I am the BIGGEST MJB fan but if I hear her heavy accent in the TP flick she’s doing, I’ll make it known. She isn’t a good actress to me. Alicia Keys does REALLY well IMO acting and I can’t stand her and only like some of her music. That makes me honest of my opinions not a hater.
I don’t understand why some people think it’s extra hate thrown on Bey’s acting skills than the next person. It’s some opinion that can act while others think she can’t. Why is it that those who think she can’t are haters?
The stans went out to support that lifetime movie so she wouldn’t flop again..Then there are those who are in denial because they know dam well the reason they went to see it was to get a look at Elba’s fine ass.
FYI – the movie costs $20mil to make! They should have watched Cadillac records, would have saved time and money ROFLMAO
LMAO @ jazi65.. He is a fine piece of chocolate..
Stop with the stan stuff, if that’s the case Cadillac Records would have been successful. It was not just her stans as you say but it was more than that. It beat out a lot of interesting looking movies, so stop and just give credit where it’s due; Beyonce!!
Cause no matter what, or who is in the picture with Beyonce she gets the blame for a failure so give her this credit for the success. They only spent like 10mil making the film so if she comes in at 5 mil for next week they already have doubled their monies anyway!!!
Great for Beyonce & Company…
Good for Beyonce! Everyone and they mama went out and watched this movie – except for me, no one will see it with me!!!
I heard the movie was ‘entertaining’ at best. And the fight scene was the best part.
omg you stans – here ya go!
The movie cost about $20 million to make, and industry observers were forecasting an opening in the mid-teen millions, said Screen Gems , the low-budget division of Sony Corp’s Columbia Pictures .
Off the subject- Anyone read Steve Harvey book? how is it? I was about to go buy it but someone emailed me the whole book so I guess i’ll go print it out at work (because i refuse to use up my ink and paper) and start reading it tonight…
Steve Book was aight.
I thought Beyonce did a good job in Cad Records… that’s my opinion.
I wonder if Jay is happy with the opening numberw since its been rumored (by Wendy Williams) that he fronted money to produce it.
We could end world hunger and find a cure for AIDS if we exerted the same amount of energy dissing beyonce
let this woman live-the same standards that we use to proclaim athletes, rap artists, etc as stars and/or successful-wealth, popularity, professional accomplishments etc are the same ones we use to discredit beyonce and she’s not even cheating, promoting violence,using explicit language or degrading women like various athletes/rap artist and she gets more back lash than any of them do
many of you are fugged up to say the least-exert this much energy to argue against your boy TI or LIL Wayne-hell at least they have actually done something to warrant negative backlash-beyonce’s only crime is being successful
hell get mad at her fans that support her-there is money to be made and why shouldn’t she make it if there is a market/fan base whose demanding it?
The movie did quite well-fall back and give this girl her props. Hell many of you would ride a donkey nude butt naked with a sombrero on your head in a movie if you thought it would bring you 1/10 of the money beyonce makes in a year-lol
Umm…Imalover, I’ll take that link please. Thank you.
(sorry Sandra)
@jazi thats why I went so the stans can fall back with their novels. Her stans act like they never utter a bad or negative word against any other artist. I am sure they talk about whomever it is they don’t care for as an artist. Nothing personal at all. Her not being able to act has nothing to do with somebody hating on her. The movie made money good for her still cant act to save her life.
@Isc I will have to check out cadillac records
Anyway I back to Idris! That KNEE GROW knows he looks good. The scenes where he is in casual clothes lawd have mercy Jesus and you could hear his accent going in and out. Sexy as all get out!
LMBAO @ INTENSE!!!!!!
Daisy Says:
Anyway I back to Idris! That KNEE GROW knows he looks good. The scenes where he is in casual clothes lawd have mercy Jesus and you could hear his accent going in and out. Sexy as all get out!
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Hey Daisy, I said I saw you at chuch on Sunday. Don’t be trying to ig me. Anyway, Idris looked 10 times hotter when he was on “The Wire” — which wasn’t that long ago. Wha happen to him? Was he on steroids then or something?
It was just ok, Bey’s role wasnt that major. The fight was good, and DAYUM!! Idris looked extra, extra good and chocolately DAYUM!! He wasnt that fine on the Wire
@starrkitten, lol what’s your email address?
Sandra you did NOT see me at church..lol I was in NC for the weekend. Just got back this am.
@Candycane yous a LIE Stringer Bell was fine as hell
I thought he was fly on the wire–lmao at me.. he was even finer when i saw his @ss at the airport in ATL – my dumb groupy ass – got out the car and asked him for an autograph- shame on me but I got it..lmao
anyhoot- intensemocha is my Girl..Go head sistah- that is what im talking bout..
Daisy Says:
Sandra you did NOT see me at church..lol I was in NC for the weekend. Just got back this am.
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Oops, my bad. I asked around for “Daisy” and they pointed her out. No wonder she looked at me like I was crazy when I greeted her.
Daisy, please introduce yourself to Sandra on Sunday. LOL!
@intense
No…I think the negative backlash comes from..not her success but her grandeur ideations and her portrayal of having this perfect image, which we all, that have half of brain know is a lie. For example, in one of her early interviews on VH1 she goes onto explain the Latavia/Letoya drama and all the while she’s telling it she has this fake remorseful expression on her face, then VH1 shows a clip where she exclaiming in front of the camera, “all the bad seeds are gone”, or at the end she talks about how she is a “good Christian girl” all the while gyrating and booty popping at 15 years of age, or more recently, how she tries to exalt her family’s grind to the top over the Jackson 5 and how they got there, there is many a situation where she tries to prove that her and the B machine have re-invented the wheel. She’s come up with this alter ego named Sasha as a cover for her onstage performance and her real personality, well, if Sasha can do her thang on stage, why doesn’t she come out when she’s acting, I mean, if Sasha’s the brash, creative side of her, let Sasha take over. I say, make that paper, but quit putting your foot in your mouth doing it.
Daisy Says:
@Candycane yous a LIE Stringer Bell was fine as hell
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Oh he was most definitely fine in the wire, but sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, that maphucka was GORGEOUS!!! in this movie. I guess he just gets better with age. He looked so smooth, so chocolately dayum, dayum, dayum!!!
I must’ve said dayum 50/11 times during that movie, cause I couldnt get pass how good he looked.
Fine Gorgeous all the same he has always been eye candy to me. Girl my gfriend was so tired of me moaning and groaning and talking about how fine he was during the entire movie. I couldnt help it though..lol
He looks just as good in person. Sure got me a hug one night in the club during the filming of Daddys lil girl! Accent had me ready to pass the hell out.
lovejoy1 Says:
OK its obvious everybody loves them some beyonce- including the haters.. If not there wouldnt be any Posts or comments everyday about her.. Ok next…,I enjoyed the movie- it was kind of long but believe it or not- they gave her a Standing applause at the end of the movie.. Well then again I was at a All white movie theater and I know cause black people dont show love for each other like that..Peace
Does anyone believe this BS, lol nice try though, standing ovation lol