Simply Perfect

Great Film overall

The acting in this movie is really good.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I love food. I love women... but as lovely as these two women might be they have absolutely NO chemistry whatsoever. In fact, this is the kind of movie that makes you think "wow... how can such a good actress suck so much?" (I'm looking at you Carrie-Ann)The movie starts off pretty decent and just gets worse and worse with disembodied flashbacks and the worst portrayal of an eating disorder I have ever seen.On another note, if you want to look at Heather's glorious tits for 88 minutes GO WATCH THIS NOW!

The story of two disturbed women whose lives end up intertwining. Or to be precise, one obsessive and possibly delusional woman and another who simply has had a hard life. When the psychotic of the two, Amy, develops a fascination with her reclusive neighbour, Saffron, she shows it through trying to push her love of food on to her. What follows is a rather bizarre but intriguing series of events.A great aspect of this film is that I believe it's open to interpretation. Amy clearly doesn't have the tightest grip on reality, in fact we are often shown glimpses into her head where an imaginary audience is cheering her on. Combine this with the plot and characters going in the strangest of directions and the sceptical comments of a particular other character and the film raises the question of how much of it is in Amy's head and how much of it is simply events going in such a unique way.Admittedly, this film is probably a bit of an acquired taste(ha, get it). It's labelled a thriller, which is partly true but the vast majority of it is a character study. If you like analysing the mindsets of flawed characters, this film is for you. Worth re-watching if you want to look at things from a different angle.

The movie "Compulsion" succeeds in making the plot very complex, but in its world saturated with fantasy and fixation, it also comes across as confusing in terms of tones and behaviour patterns. The colour palettes and food obsessions are quite exquisite to look at may surely make your mouth water, but everywhere else going for this movie results in one muddled mess. If you're an aficionado of over-the-top obsessive antics and psychological drama may get a kick out of "Compulsion" and director Egidio Coccimiglio serves up a fine dish of that, the study of domestic decadence mixed with exotic culinary delights really good enough to eat.Carrie-Anne Moss stars as Saffron; a one-time child movie star who was abused off-camera has now become a frightened journalist for a sex magazine has now gone missing in action. This leads to Detective Reynolds (Joe Mantegna) on the case to find her. Reynolds' searching has led to the apartment home of her neighbour Amy (Heather Graham). The home and she seem very clean and the character herself has a total fixation for cooking new, exciting and curiously delicious foods. It's like comfort zone to Amy to please the people around her which also includes her womanizing husband Fred (Kevin Dillon). Amy's dream job is to one day be like Rachel Ray and host her own cooking show and to exhibit her foods and ideas in front of a world-wide audience. With her life progressively crumbling down in front of her, she tries to gain reassurance from Saffron and to please her with her cooking making herself on the brink of a reclusive lifestyle. Saffron feeling bad for Amy decides to take up her gale force company and allows her service to prevail.The movie is a reboot of the 1995 Korean film "301/302" which focuses on the macabre tale of obsessive traits in an eccentric friendship brews in which Amy finds ways to keep her unhealthily clean home in tact with her sexual fixture of food to keep her husband wrapped around her finger in spite Fred's lust for other women. With her imaginary audience as she cooks up exquisite dishes using state-of-the-art equipment. Coccimiglio utilizes vibrant lighting to get a good grip on Amy's solitude while at the same time, which plays off to her loyal fans. It's clear that the culinary genius is in her escape zone to her troubles, but it's her inner madness that will likely keep her audience enthralled.Legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond produces elegant lighting and bright colouring to this picture backed by a very sublime post-production tinkering. It's a great movie to study upon, that rich and spontaneous and the costuming by Melissa Stewart has that Hollywood feeling going for it that Amy wears in her tight-lair of her apartment. It is a visual treat for the eyes filled with attention and voluminous detail which could pass off as meagre budgeted mystery. The cinematic feel towards the human psyche adding to the nourish touches towards the Saffron character as the perpetually uncomfortable star who's psychological scars are the results from the upper echelons of the film industry and her controlling mother. It may at first appear that this movie is very easy to watch, even though the shock value doesn't quite materialize here.Casting is rather hit-or-miss. Graham plays her role as Amy quite flawlessly as a woman whose dangerous food obsession makes her imprisoned by her own craft with no one to share her food and her knowledge. Graham exhibits a graceful aura with the inner psyche is hidden inside of her as she makes her character perky and high-spirited. Yet Floyd Byars' script is contrary to that. Miss Moss has suffered the same fate of being miscast as a neurotic has-been actress whose past her prime. The chemistry by the two leads are not exactly compelling, even though they turn in a passable effort to demonstrate just how fragile these women are in their worlds.The mandatory finale requires a strong need for some sort of motivation to wrap up the movie. However, what we get here is a fascination of oral sex rather than shocking ending. It makes the whole concept very puzzling as more bonding was in store for Amy and Saffron which nudges them in more of their acts of dedication. The finale ends way too rushed and the only thing you get out of the conclusion is an unsatisfying punch-line. It has so much potential for a psychological thriller, but in the end it feels like we have been cheated.

compulsion is one of the little complicated movies that I have seen. The movie has more drama and less thriller than the other thriller movies.on the other hand Hether Graham was so amazing in her performance. The way she cook food and present it to the table make me craving for food a lot. Also, Carrie Ann Moss performance were acceptable, but she did well in the movie.For conclusion, I think that it will be nice to watch the movie, but for the people who don't like too much drama I won't recommend them to watch it.