Compulsion

Plot synopsis:
Compulsion tells the story of Anjika Indrani, a wealthy young Cambridge graduate who is in a secret relationship with fellow graduate, Alex.
Anjika’s father, Satvick, forces her into an arranged marriage with a business associate’s son, Hardick. Satvick’s chauffeur, Don Flowers, realises Anjika is not happy with her father’s plans and says he will help her out, on the condition she spends the night with him. Anjika hates him, so she refuses at first, but reluctantly agrees eventually. Hardick collapses on a date with Anjika, and Flowers seizes the opportunity and takes him back to his flat, scattering illegal drugs everywhere, making Hardick look like a dealer.
Anjika’s parents call off the marriage, but Flowers reminds her she needs to keep up her end of the deal. Reluctant, she visits the hotel room Flowers booked and allows him to flirt with her, touch her and smell her, before the pair have sex. Anjika wakes up the next morning and quickly leaves; Flowers awakes and thanks her.
Things are not simple from then on. Anjika makes up the excuse that if Flowers stops providing her brother with drugs, she will bed him again. Flowers realizes Anjika has feelings for him, and makes her beg to take her to bed.
The pair continue in their affair, obviously strongly loving each other. Things complicate, however, when Alex and Anjika reveal their relationship and her parents strongly approve, even arranging a marriage for the two. Anjika becomes stressed, realizing her heart belongs with Flowers despite the age difference, yet she’s in denial and insists she still loves Alex.
Hardick returns and blames his messed up life on Alex, however realises Anjika is to blame. Anjika and Flowers have just had sex when Hardick arrives. He grabs Anjika but a messy Flowers appears, warning Hardick away. Hardick realizes the two had sex, but before he can speak Flowers strangles and kills him.
Anjika’s life continues to go downhill. Her affair with Flowers continues. Flowers presents her with a bracelet, however she says she can’t wear it. Anjika and her friend are collected from a nightclub and Anjika writes a flirtatious text; when asked by her friend she says it’s for Alex, however she is caught sending it to Flowers. Alex discovers this and confronts Anjika, she denies anything with Flowers.
Realizing the affair has gone way out of hand, Anjika prepares a knife for her latest date with Flowers. The two have sex but Anjika remains hesitant, saying she could get Flowers done for rape. Flowers is shocked but admits he loves Anjika and insists that she loves him too, which she does. Flowers then continues to have sex with her, although this time, Anjika pleads him not to. Flowers devastated and in love, puts the knife in her hand and begins stabbing himself in the stomach and then, caught in the moment, Anjika begins stabbing furiously into his side. She phones the police and says she’s killed a rapist.
The next shot is of Anjika and Alex emerging from their wedding. Anjika seems less than thrilled but puts on a brave smile. As she hugs her mother, she is seen to be wearing Flowers’ bracelet. She gets into the car and stares as the new chauffeur gets in the front seat. She looks out of the window sadly, implying she truly was in love with Flowers.

Tags: psychological, revenge, flashback, psychedelic, romantic, plot twist

Review:
Heather Grahm was beautiful in the movie and really made me feel for her characters.
I was dreading that the movie was going to turn into a predictable girl gone crazy movie because I really like the characters of Amy. Luckily this film had more depth.
One of the most disturbing things about the film is the cards that Amy is dealt in her life.
I may be a bit biased because I'm a huge foodie like the characters so I really enjoyed that aspect of it as well..
Hardcore horror fans may not appreciate the slow paced drama but at the same time drama lovers may not appreciate the macabre aspect of the film.
I won't say much more but if you like simple yet disturbing movies is recommend this one.
It was almost like a characterture of what the real movie would have been.
The quality edit, colour correction, lighting correction and so on was done well.A lot of people worked hard to make this film, so I applaud them for it.
'Compulsion' focuses on Heather Graham's character 'Amy', a woman obsessed with cooking, who gets by seducing wealthy men with her looks and her food.
It could sound like a typical Heather Graham role, but it's not.
The plot is simple: a detective is investigating the disappearance of Amy's next door neighbor 'Saffron' played by Carrie-Anne Moss a reclusive former child star, and we see the relationship of Amy and Saffron develop in retrospect.It is not a fast paced film, but like a fine meal the performances are there to be savored, in small bites, taken in slowly to relish each nuance..
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.
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).
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..
Not fantastic, but hand in hand with the good acting, fitting soundtrack and beautiful cinematography; it's a very enjoyable film.IF you're the target audience.If you're looking for something that dares be different from the rest of the lot, this movie is for you!
If you're a Criminal Minds fan you could watch it just to get a kick out of thinking of it as a crossover between this film and CM..
I was exhausted from work and felt like watching a predictable horror movie.
It is actually an interesting buddy film between two damaged women who crave what they can't have--love.
Amy (Heather Graham, whom I thought was fantastic)and her TV dreams are reminiscent of Nicole Kidman and TO DIE FOR; the bright colors of her dress against the sterile white fake TV set contrast with dark, dreary tones of her idol and then friend Saffron (Moss).
I really enjoyed the lush, gorgeous meals Amy created, at first trying to woo Saffron as a friend and then, sensing Saffron's despondency and loneliness much like her own, attempting to sustain her through food and create some kind of sensuous joy for her.
And the 88 minutes that the movie ran for seemed much, much longer.The story told in "Compulsion" had its moments, but it was overall weighed down by things taking too long.
There were so many scenes that just dragged on for way too long, where the movie would have benefited from a trim and a notch up in pace."Compulsion" is about Amy (played by Heather Graham) who is obsessed about gourmet cooking and dreaming about getting her own cooking show on TV.
However, her compulsive obsession drives him away, and instead she starts to cook for her reclusive neighbor Saffron (played by Carrie-Anne Moss).It should be said that the people in the movie were doing good jobs in acting, however, the characters were really odd.
But thumbs up to the actors and actresses, because they did good jobs.This slow paced thriller might not be suitable for just anyone, and I was tempted to get up and find something else to watch a couple of times throughout the 88 (long) minutes.
But that was not to be...I am rating "Compulsion" a mere 3 out of 10 stars, simply because the actors and actresses held the movie afloat, the rest of the movie - especially the storyline itself - was just downright boring and tedious..
Don't waste your time on this disgusting movie.
It was presented as being a drama/thriller with lesbianism--just my cuppa tea, or so I thought.We only get to the lesbian sex in the last 15 minutes of this exceedingly repetitive and draggy film.
They could have told the entire story in 30 minutes WITH commercials, BUT that's not what turned me so totally against this film.The Amy character is completely OBSESSED with cooking and food, the Saffron character just wants to no longer exist.
Put two & two together and you can easily come with four regarding where this disgusting, sick storyline is headed.Watch it you have a strong stomach and like sick, twisted, disgusting stories!1 star - only because I couldn't vote any lower..
If you think overdone parody could be fun, then you might enjoy this movie - if you don't, then maybe you won't.
Hopefully that will be enough to set the scene as Compulsion is not really a film, its a theater production put on to film.Compulsion is two stories that unravel and then combine to become one as you really only get the second story after being fully immersed in the fervor and passion of Amy (Heather Graham).
Heather Graham appears to have added more a little Nigella Lawson (Youtube her) to her depiction of a voluptuous gastronome desperately seeking acknowledgement and love.So too does the other leading character Saffron bring a fine set of hang ups and issues played by Carrie Anne Moss.Both lead actresses set the movie apart from ennui with excellent portrayals of their characters and through their selling of the story.
They also looks fantastic (which can't be bad!).If you take the movie for the play that it is, rather than the blockbuster you might be hoping for, then you should get on fine..
Nope.Dull, dreary, overacted, pointless drivel.Stars Heather Graham and her cleavage.
Also stars Carrie-Anne Moss and her misery.Co-stars Kevin Dillon doing hammy Kevin Dillon stuff and Joe Mantegna looking uncomfortable.Some other people are in it.Red corridor, lots of cooking.
Fails on all counts.A little over halfway through its 88 minute running time I realised that, actually, I DO have the will to live, and left.It promised Compulsion, I'd have accepted revulsion.
actor and actress exaggerating every single line and facial expression the plot is so predictable and majority of the scenes are so 'UN-NATURAL' High-School Play would be better than this.
Heather Graham is surprisingly good in this movie.
But she has more range than I originally gave her credit for as the somewhat unbalanced Amy. Carrie-Anne Moss is brilliant as the tortured Saffron.
Compulsion is a production of art like a perfectly pulled home-brewed espresso where the barista has spent many years learning their craft not the expected mainstream swill of Folgers which was brewed, and burned in a Bunn machine.
This is really two movies which have been hacked apart and sewn back together--like Frankenstein's monster, but with vital parts left out.
It could have been a pretty funny black comedy if it had simply played out the character of Amy (Heather Graham).
Or it could have been a darkly tragic story of a ruined life with Saffron (Carrie-Anne Moss).
I particularly enjoyed Heather Graham when her character was indulging in her flights of fancy.
Carrie-Anne Moss gives everything, but really ought to be in a better movie than this.
I give as many as 5 stars because the actors try hard, Heater Graham is a feast for the eyes, and there is some yummy food preparation..
OK, enough is enough, I decided to watch this movie, even with its low rating, because someone said it was still worth the rental, I mean come on!
the movie has a rating below avg, and if I gave it a shot was because of HG, but it's a total fail, the movie its based on a lame obsession and stupid drama, we stay there for an hour waiting for something to happened and we get nothing, nothing at all, just more lame drama and don't get me wrong the acting and everything except the story its fine, very disappointing.
and this isn't even a "R" movie, its more like "PG-13" yeah!
This is a movie for people who like cinematography and of course Heather Graham.
Personally I really enjoy movies with beautiful woman in them.
Then to watch the whole movie with all its fabulous colors is a real joy.
If you treasure beauty, this is definitely a movie to watch..
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!.
Something you should think Heather Graham would be able to do.
And I'm talking acting wise not her character and what happens (or not) in the story.
And even Ms. Matrix herself can not save this entirely (though she has the better role and makes more of it, than the lead we are given).The story itself is pretty decent with some nice twists and turns.
I have to question whether this person even looked up from his tub of popcorn long enough to catch the actual movie?!
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
It has so much potential for a psychological thriller, but in the end it feels like we have been cheated..
Going by the name I initially thought that 'Compulsion' was a Roman Polanski film.
Unfortunately not much unravels in terms of plot to assist the viewer to discover the character motives.Graham plays a woman who enjoys cooking.
Meanwhile there is a detective played by Joe Mantegna who is questioning Graham regarding Moss's disappearance.
Initial time is spent showing the interactions between Heather Graham and Carrie Ann Moss.
Slow development of characters take up much time in the early stage of the film.
She makes the movie watch able.
"Compulsion" falls under the just plain bad category.It's an empty film and what I mean by that is there's nothing much going on and the little bit there is, the viewer could just not care less.
I've always liked Heather Graham, but after "Boogie Nights", she's been in many so-so films.
With a title like "Compulsion", you would expect an involving thriller.
After watching this, I would have been happy with any type of movie as long as it's involving.
Ms. Graham wears many different outfits all of which show off her best attributes but I do need more from my films.
compulsion is one of the little complicated movies that I have seen.
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..
Saw the original (a Korean movie called "301/302") years ago as part of my research in preparation for working with patients with eating disorders at a psych unit.Didn't know that "Compulsion" was a remake of it until I started watching it.
A unique and original story of two people with different obsessions around food (one loves it to death, the other hates it to death - literally).But a thriller?
Loved Heather Graham in this - so vivid and charismatic.
Moss was great, too.All in all, a great flick for drama-lovers, particularly those interested in mental disorders (Amy = OCD; Saffron = OCD and bulimia).
Amy and Saffron live near one another.
As the picture starts, Detective Reynolds is looking into Saffron's disappearance.Through flashbacks, Reynolds learns that Amy and Saffron knew each other somewhat well.
Amy is an aspiring TV cook, while Saffron is an actress and a commentator for women's magazines.
Amy loves Saffron's old movies, as does Amy's mother.
So, that opportunity was another dead end.Amy and Saffron get to know each other after that; how well does that turn out?
------Scores-------Cinematography: 10/10 Simply gorgeous.Sound: 10/10Acting: 8/10 The two leads were fine, as were Joe Montegna and Kevin Dillon.Screenplay: 5/10 The content misses the mark in a lot of ways.
Amy's cooking obsession is over-abundantly clear, and loses some focus because of that.
Amy (Heather Graham) lives in a delusional world where she has her own TV cooking show which openly equates food with sex.
Her boyfriend Fred (Kevin Dillon) doesn't share in her compulsion and makes the mistake of openly loving his rare African parrot more than her food.
The police (Joe Mantegna) is investigating the disappearance of the neighbor Saffron (Carrie-Anne Moss).
Saffron is an actress who has fallen on hard times.
Amy cooks for her not realizing Saffron is a closet bulimic, well not actually a bulimic in that she doesn't binge eat.The film has great scenes of Heather's cleavage, cooking food and relating it to sex, eat your heart out Rachel Ray. Outside of that, the plot displayed weakness.
The film is classified as a drama/thriller but is more like a hit or miss dark comedy.Worth a rental for quirky indie style film lovers.Parental Guide: F-bomb, sex.
Honestly when you have to watch 128 minutes of heather graham parading her pushed up and out breasts, without her getting naked is a total waste of film space...if she had sexual relations with other than food it could have fooled me...her execution of the parrot was morbid and unnecessary...if i had a woman at home that looked like her, she wouldn't have time to cook or daydream, let alone watch old films...the chef that actually prepared the meals did a decent job but plating food is far more over rated than it should be....
Yes Amy is obsessed with cooking and foodR Rating?
The character Amy is delusional and wears although stunning dresses, she wears these everyday while cooking and staying at home all day with her hair and make up.
Looking like a 50s housewife but in a modern unrealistically empty and plain apartment.The ending?
It is always nice to see a blonde in high heels and in a dress with lots of cleavage but after a short time it gets old fast in this movie.
There's nothing to Heather Graham's character but annoyance.