In the early scenes of "Obsessed," the filmmakers left the audience guessing as to who was telling the truth. Was the medical writer Ellena Roberts being honest in her claim that a doctor had led her to believe that he was willing to divorce his life to marry her? Or, was Dr. David Stillman more convincing in his allegation that Ellena was a disturbed and deluded stalker who was fabricating a story about a romance between them and that she was guilty of harassing him and his wife?
But, by the midpoint of the film, it became clear that Ellena was nuttier than a fruitcake. At that point, the film became both predictable and strained in its attempt to sustain interest. While the film was apparently based on true events, it stretched credibility to believe that a judge and district attorney would clear the courtroom of males to cater to the defendant's neurosis.
Ellena's life was filled with bizarre twists. She completely made up the story of psychologist named Dr. Olivia Reese, and it was Ellena herself writing obsessively to Dr. Stillman in the name of Dr. Reese. She once held down a strange job at Ozzy's strip club, yet did no exotic dancing. Instead, she read aloud to men from Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams."
In the end, the portrait of Ellena Roberts was not a pretty one. Apparently damaged from childhood by heartless and troubled parents, the adult Ellena is guided by this philosophy: "Men! They suck!" Still, she was obsessed with one man to the degree that she committed malicious acts of harassment that led to a two-year prison sentence. In the closing scene, Ellena looks very pretty in the color of an orange jumpsuit
But, by the midpoint of the film, it became clear that Ellena was nuttier than a fruitcake. At that point, the film became both predictable and strained in its attempt to sustain interest. While the film was apparently based on true events, it stretched credibility to believe that a judge and district attorney would clear the courtroom of males to cater to the defendant's neurosis.
Ellena's life was filled with bizarre twists. She completely made up the story of psychologist named Dr. Olivia Reese, and it was Ellena herself writing obsessively to Dr. Stillman in the name of Dr. Reese. She once held down a strange job at Ozzy's strip club, yet did no exotic dancing. Instead, she read aloud to men from Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams."
In the end, the portrait of Ellena Roberts was not a pretty one. Apparently damaged from childhood by heartless and troubled parents, the adult Ellena is guided by this philosophy: "Men! They suck!" Still, she was obsessed with one man to the degree that she committed malicious acts of harassment that led to a two-year prison sentence. In the closing scene, Ellena looks very pretty in the color of an orange jumpsuit