After repeated attempts to reach Derek on his phone, Sharon finds him at the hospital and suspects that he and Lisa had an affair, as Lisa claims. He confronts Lisa again the following day, and hours later discovers her lying naked in his bed after attempting suicide, and calls for an ambulance. Incapacitated, Derek is followed by Lisa into his hotel room. Lisa is also present and Derek confronts her, and she spikes his drink. Derek and his workmates visit a resort for a conference. Thinking that Lisa has given up, Derek is annoyed when he receives flirtatious emails from her. Derek intends to report Lisa to his firm's human resource management, but learns that she has quit her job. Later, she follows Derek to his car and flashes him until he forces her out of his car. Although Derek repeatedly rejects her, Lisa continues to pursue him, and makes sexual advances toward him at the office Christmas party. ![]() Believing Derek was flirting with her, Lisa tries to seduce Derek. While Derek is at work, he befriends a temporary worker, Lisa Sheridan. Plot ĭerek Charles works for a finance company and lives with his wife, Sharon, with whom he has a two-year-old son, Kyle. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on home video on August 4, 2009, in the US and has sold 1.3 million DVDs, worth $21 million of consumer spending. Obsessed spent its first week atop the US box office, and grossed $73.8 million from theaters, internationally. However, the finale fight scene between Beyoncé and Larter's characters received positive reviews, and won the MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the absence of an explanation for Lisa's obsession with Derek, failure to explore the potential theme of interracial conflict between the Charles family, who are black, and Lisa, who is white, the comparisons to the 1987 film Fatal Attraction, and the fact that Derek did not yield to Lisa's seduction. It was released in the United States on April 24, 2009, by Sony Pictures Releasing through Screen Gems. ![]() Lisa and Sharon were dressed in contrasting styles to reinforce their conflicting characters. Obsessed was inspired by the work of directors Roman Polanski and Alfred Hitchcock, and its score was written by James Dooley. ![]() Derek's wife, Sharon (Beyoncé), learns of Lisa's obsessive behavior, and suspects an affair. Starring Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, and Ali Larter, the film tells the story of Lisa (Larter), an office temp who develops unrequited feelings for her boss, Derek Charles (Elba), and repeatedly attempts to seduce him. Obsessed is a 2009 American psychological thriller film directed by Steve Shill and written by David Loughery.
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