{"id":5595,"date":"2013-05-24T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5595"},"modified":"2021-06-13T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T21:31:53","slug":"review-simplyirresistible-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/05\/review-simplyirresistible-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply Irresistible Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/05\/review-simplyirresistible-bd\/#more-5595\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Simply Irresistible Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/anchorbay-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><b><i>Simply Irresistible<\/i><\/b> is an average romantic comedy headlined by then starlet Sarah Michelle Gellar who was at the height of her fame from \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d and to some extent, <i>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/i>; but even though Gellar is charming, the rest of the movie falls flat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00BLN4URY\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid blue;\" title=\"Buy Simply Irresistible on Blu-ray from Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2013\/simplyirresistible-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><strong><br \/>\nSimply Irresistible (1999)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Genre(s): <\/b>Comedy, Romance, Fantasy<br \/>\nAnchor Bay Entertainment | PG13 \u2013 96 min. \u2013 $17.99 | May 28, 2013<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Mark Tarlov<br \/>\n<b>Writer(s): <\/b>Judith Roberts (written by)<br \/>\n<b>Cast: <\/b>Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flannery, Patricia Clarkson, Dylan Baker<\/p>\n<p><b>Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>February 5, 1999<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>None<br \/>\n<b>Number of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n<p><b>Audio: <\/b>English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)<br \/>\n<b>Video: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35<br \/>\n<b>Subtitles: <\/b>English SDH<br \/>\n<b>Disc Size: <\/b>19.5 GB<br \/>\n<b>Codec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<b>Region(s): <\/b>A<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE MOVIE<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Plot Outline: <\/b>Sometimes, the most powerful magic of all is the kind that comes straight from the heart. Beautiful restaurant owner Amanda Shelton (SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR) is falling head over heels for handsome, hard-driving executive Tom Bartlett (SEAN PATRICK FLANNERY). Unfortunately, Tom is too busy to recognize that she\u2019s truly the girl of his dreams&#8230; until Amanda puts him under her tantalizing spell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>No features have been included and there\u2019s not even a menu; the movie begins playing after the FBI Warning and Anchor Bay logo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b><i>Simply Irresistible<\/i><\/b> fixes its spell onto Blu-ray presented with its original 2.35 aspect ratio and a spotty 1080p high-def transfer. As with <i>Best Laid Plans<\/i> (a movie also released in \u201999), this one has dust marks and scratches throughout and while the detail levels are at best average, it\u2019s hard to escape the flaws. The color array isn\u2019t too bad and the black levels are moderately decent but comparatively, it\u2019s not a huge improvement over its DVD counterpart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If I didn\u2019t see it on my receiver, I would\u2019ve sworn this Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track was actually a mono one instead. While the front and rear speakers get a workout through the late 1990s soundtrack, the rest of the audio was strictly front-loaded and even there it sometimes was muffled, although I suspect it has more to do with the production sound than anything specifically with the transfer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Overall, <b><i>Simply Irresistible<\/i><\/b> is an average romantic comedy headlined by then starlet Sarah Michelle Gellar who was at the height of her fame from \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d and to some extent, <i>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/i>; but even though Gellar is charming, the rest of the movie falls flat. The Blu-ray itself doesn\u2019t have much to offer with no features (not even a menu) and average audio\/video transfers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Published: <\/b>05\/24\/2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simply Irresistible is an average romantic comedy headlined by then starlet Sarah Michelle Gellar who was at the height of her fame from \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d and to some extent, I Know What You Did Last Summer; but even though Gellar is charming, the rest of the movie falls flat. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[655,2060,1119,2059,2058],"class_list":["post-5595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-dylan-baker","tag-patricia-clarkson","tag-sarah-michelle-gellar","tag-sean-patrick-flannery","tag-simply-irresistible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26544,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595\/revisions\/26544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}