Simply Irresistible . Tucson Weekly . 02-15-99

Simply Irresistible

DIRECTED BY: Mark Tarlov

REVIEWED: 02-15-99

It's kind of a hybrid of Like Water for Chocolate, The Little Mermaid, and one really long commercial. You have Amanda (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a woman empowered by her cooking, an annoying crustacean who guides her to Prince Charming, and numerous trips to a department store. Gellar, our beloved Buffy, gives up vampire slaying for a couple of hours to pursue Tom (Sean Patrick Flanery) via her newfound power to prepare meals that solicit extremely emotional responses, from sadness to desire. The problem here is that, as with so many romantic comedies, there isn't sufficient character development to understand why Amanda and Tom want to get together in the first place. And when they do finally declare their movie love to one another, the ending seems far from happy. Amanda uses her gourmet prowess primarily to catch her man, and Tom only seems to like her clothes and "bold taste in dishware." They'll get divorced in six months.

--Higgins

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