10s Movie Review - Secret Obsession

Director: Peter Sullivan
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 97 minutes
Year: 2019
Starring: Brenda Song, Mike Vogel, Dennis Haysbert

Description: Recuperating from trauma, Jennifer (Brenda Song) remains in danger as she returns to a life she doesn’t remember.

Review: The title of the Netflix Original film “Secret Obsession” already reveals a lot about what the thriller is all about: obsession. Jennifer gets into an accident and when she wakes up, she doesn’t remember anything. Not about what happened to her, her family or even her husband Russell. Her husband stays with her until she is well enough to come home again, but Jennifer feels uneasy since she doesn’t know anything about him. She starts her own investigation in to finding out about her past, her life and what happened to her.
A thriller should be exciting with a story full of plot twists that keep the viewers on they edge of their seats. “Secret Obsession” has none of that. All the supposed twists and turns can be predicted from the get go and are not surprising whatsoever. The tension is never really presents and the performance are all pretty bad. The concept of the film is more haunting then the movie itself.
“Secret Obsession” is a very forgettable film, nothing worth mentioning and something you should skip.

Rating: 1,5 / 5

Top 5 Thursday: Characters from "The Help"

I love both the book and the movie, so I'm dedicading this item to either one of them. I dediced to make a top 5 of of my favorite characters. Here they are.

5. Johnny Foote
Although it’s mostly about the woman in the book and movie, Johnny Foote is far out the nicest man. He is not supposed to know about Minny helping his wife Celia out.. And when he does we see what a good man Johnny is. He respects Minny and her work and would like her to stay with them. And he is a loving husband to Celia.

4. Minny Jackson
Minny is a very good cook. And she’s also known for her big mouth, which got her fired a lot of times. Minny is a sas mouth, but that’s what I love about her.

3. Aibileen Clark
Aibeleen takes a lot of crap from the people she works for. She just lets it happen, but one day she is sick of it and helps Skeeter with her story. Aibeleen is such a brave woman, for she was the first help to speak up. And she is fantastic with children, better than the mothers.

2. Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan
Skeeter is very intelligent and I don’t understand how she is friends with Hilly and Elizabeth. She is so much nicer and sees what good work the help does in all the American homes. I admire her for wanting to tell the story from their point of view, she gave them the voice no one listened to before.

1. Celia Foote
I liked Celia from the beginning. She may be naïve and others call her white trash, but Celia is the most kind hearted woman. She actually respects the help and appreciates her for what she does, sees her as her equal and wants to learn from her.

They almost made the top 5: Missus Walters and Constantine Jefferson