SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE

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Director: Mark Tarlov
Screenplay: Judith Roberts
Gellar's role: Amanda Shelton
with: Sean Patrick Flannery and Patricia Clarkson
US Release Date: 5 February 1999
Length: 96 minutes
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1

Department store executive Tom Bartlett (Flanery) tries to resist falling in love with struggling young chef Amanda Shelton (Gellar). He is thwarted in this effort by a magic crab, a supernatural cabbie, and his own better judgement. This is the second of only two romantic comedies for Gellar, and it is easily the better of the two. Patricia Clarkson and Lawrence Gillard Jr turn in excellent performances in supporting roles.

Don Shanahan said in Film Obsessive: "As Gellar’s character seductively states, 'dessert is the whole point of the meal'. Simply Irresistible is a sweet tooth’s dream, both in the kitchen and on the home-viewing couch. By golly, if you do not crave an obsessive urge and want to lick the DVD with the imagined taste and aroma of the caramel eclairs and other plates you see on screen, your parietal lobe interpreting those functions is broken. Go ahead and accept all of the synonyms for “delicious” used by Amanda in one aside to describe the treats on screen, including 'savoury', 'tasty', 'scrumptious', 'delectable', 'succulent', and 'mouthwatering'."

Slideshow - Sarah Michelle Gellar in Simply Irresistible

Roger Ebert wrote: "'Simply Irresistible' is old-fashioned and obvious, yes, like a featherweight comedy from the 1950s. But that’s the charm. I love movies that cut loose from the moorings of the possible and dance among their fancies. When Woody Allen waltzed with Goldie Hawn on the banks of the Seine and she floated in the air and just stayed up there, my heart danced, too. And the closing scenes of 'Simply Irresistible' are like that. It’s not a great movie. But it’s a charmer."“Simply Irresistible” is old-fashioned and obvious, yes, like a featherweight comedy from the 1950s. But that’s the charm. I love movies that cut loose from the moorings of the possible and dance among their fancies. When Woody Allen waltzed with Goldie Hawn on the banks of the Seine and she floated in the air and just stayed up there, my heart danced, too. And the closing scenes of “Simply Irresistible” are like that. It’s not a great movie. But it’s a charmer.

The film, whose working title was 'Vanilla Fog', played in 1,359 theatres in the US before being released on DVD, and grossed $4,298,989.

CAST

• Sarah Michelle Gellar - Amanda Shelton
• Sean Patrick Flanery - Tom Bartlett
• Patricia Clarkson - Lois McNally
• Dylan Baker - Jonathan Bendel
• Lawrence Gilliard Jr. - Nolan Traynor
• Christopher Durang - Gene O'Reilly
• Betty Buckley - Aunt Stella
• Olek Krupa - Valderon
• Amanda Peet - Chris
• Alex Draper - Francois
• Drew Nieporent - Gil Shapiro
• Anthony Ruivivar - Ramos
• Leslie Lyles - T.J. Russo
• Steven Skybell - Mr. Mueller
• Phyllis Somerville - Ruth
• Andrew Seear - Frank Rogers
• Meg Gibson - Hannah Wallberg
• Bill Raymond - Howard
• Yusef Bulos - Bill
• Joseph Mosso - Abe
• Harley Kaplan - Brian
• Molly Tarlov - Molly
• Gabriel Macht - Charlie
• Hal Robinson - Southern Cross customer
• Malgorzata Zajaczkowska - Mrs. Mueller
• Lily Semel - Lauren
• Audrey Matson - Lauren's Mother
• Tone Torgersen - Helen the clerk
• Debbon Ayer - Bendel salesperson
• Marisa Zalabak - reporter
• Eric Rota - sous chef
• Kara Werthington - singer
• Andrew McFarlane - poet
• Jason Cicardo - chef
• Matt Walker - bus passenger

Original Music by GIL GOLDSTEIN

SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE can be streamed on PLEX.