The Obsession

I did not like this movie! The lead actress the young girl was very poor and I felt if she had been stronger the movie could have been better. The lead actor and the girl's mother were great. Overall,this movie is a 5 out of 10 because of the acting. The storyline is perfect in a way to keep you watching but if the acting is poor there's nothing you can do. Come on, Lifetime. I've seen other obsession movies that have been way better. The ballet dancing was OK it doesn't bother me because I don't know much about it anyway. There was another movie where they had the father get close to the mother to get to the daughter and the acting was great. I don't know how she got the role and it's very odd how this young girl can't see this guy has a crush on her. Am i the only one? Weak!

First of all, I would like to start off with the positive, which sadly for me is only one thing, & that is Sebastian Spence is a really handsome actor. Sorry people, I tried to dig deep to come up with more positive things to say but this is all I could find. For Daphne Zuniga, she's a good actress. I've seen her other work; however, this movie was such a waste of her talent.

In a nutshell, "The Obsession" had potential. Unfortunately, it was never reached because of the really bad acting & bad directing. I cringed most of the time during the movie because of this. I was embarrassed for the entire cast. I wanted to grow with the characters & lose myself in the storyline but sadly it never happened. The chemistry in the cast was non-existent & most of the characters just weren't believable or organic, especially the girl who played Erika Matthews. She needs way more experience in her career before taking on ANY kind of movie. She has a very long way to go, which leaves me wondering like one other reviewer as in WHY she was casted in this role. And her dancing! Oh my gosh, her ballet performance totally killed me & seeing her routine once was TOO MUCH for me to stomach. Why did they have to show her routine over & over & over...??? Ugh!

Unfortunlatey everyone, I give "The Obsession" a big time THUMBS DOWN...WAY DOWN!

To be brutally honest, this movie was extremely hard to sit through because the acting was just completely horrible. Elise Gatien, who played Erika Matthews (the teenage girl who was being stalked by her ballet teacher), was one of the characters that I kept asking myself, "How ON EARTH did she get this role?!?" I apologize for sounding so harsh but w/ all due respect, she can't act nor can she dance. As a big movie fan (be it TV or the silver screen), I have high expectations from Hollywood & most of the time, if I'm disappointed w/ a movie, it's usually because of the storyline & not because of the acting. So not the case w/ this movie. Of course, you can't blame everything on the actors because directors are just as responsible & the directing in this movie was very poor. I mean how many times do you need to see Erika's audition performance? This part of the movie was over kill for me & it didn't help that she wasn't a great ballet dancer to begin w/. Overall, a disappointing Lifetime movie!

I truly love Daphne Zuniga but this movie was AWFUL due to the dancing. I'm sad to see her attached to such a terrible movie! I don't understand why with all of the amazing professional dancers out there, they would cast someone with no obvious dance training. It was really painful to watch! I wonder how an actor would feel if a dancer with NO ACTING ABILITY was cast in a regular acting role?? As the mother of a prima ballerina I love and look forward to dance movies but this was such an injustice to the art form! I'm not trying to knock anyone's acting ability (though it was suspect as well) but my true complaint is that I just don't understand what the casting director was thinking!!!!

This film had promise with its story. I sadly have to agree with the other comments. The result of the film was terrible. The main reason being the acting of the actress who played Erika. She forced every line and was very poor. I too was wondering why she got the role.The other problem would have to be the MANY montages we have of Erika dancing. Half the film is Reed thinking of her dance and it gets boring (Although, a creep like Reed may ALWAYS think of the obsession.)The positive thing would be the actress who played the mother as well as the actor who played Reed were good. But overall, the films two problems out shined the positive.