SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE (1999)
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4.0) ******************************** Key to rating system: 2.0 stars - Debatable 2.5 stars - Some people may like it 3.0 stars - I liked it 3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie 4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact personally or it stood out ********************************* A Movie Review by David Sunga
Directed by: Mark Tarlov
Written by: Judith Roberts
Ingredients: Love, magic food
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flanery
Synopsis: SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE is a lighthearted romantic comedy about the magic of two people getting together in New York. Beautiful young Amanda (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has inherited a tiny, quaint, corner restaurant which has been in the family for 70 years. But she's a terrible cook and the business is foundering. Miraculously Amanda's luck takes a turn for the better, and she's suddenly turning out culinary masterpieces that literally cast magical spells on the people who eat them: desserts that make people turn giddy and fall passionately in love or appetizers that cause tears of joy. Amanda meets a dapper but commitment-phobic young hunk named Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery). Will the romantic magic hold? Will the two soulmates get together in the end despite a few misgivings and misunderstandings?
Opinion: Magical food and magical romance? SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE is a warm and delectable Valentines Day charmer about the fun, coincidence and enchantment of meeting someone special. You can probably guess the main outlines of any comedy about romantically destined soulmates, but in the case of SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE it's delicious watching it happen, and the sweet story leaves you with a happy melting feeling at the end. Bring your significant other. Happy eating.
Reviewed by David Sunga February 7, 1999
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