Simply Irresistible (1999)
Magic opened up their hearts... Love did the rest.
96 min
After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredients, she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene O'Reilly. Afterward, Amanda's dishes suddenly become excellent, inducing strong emotional reactions in everyone who eats them. Tom Bartlett, who is preparing to open his own eatery, tries her cooking and falls in love.
- Release date
- January 13, 2000
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Box office
- $4,398,989
Cast
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Amanda Shelton
- Sean Patrick Flanery as Tom Bartlett
- Patricia Clarkson as Lois McNally
- Dylan Baker as Jonathan Bendel
- Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Nolan Traynor
- Christopher Durang as Gene O'Reilly
- Betty Buckley as Aunt Stella
- Olek Krupa as Valderon
- Amanda Peet as Chris
- Alex Draper as Francois
Crew
- Mark Tarlov · Director
- Judith Roberts · Writer
- Jon Amiel · Producer
- Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. · Producer
- John Fiedler · Producer
- Gil Goldstein · Composer
- Robert M. Stevens · Cinematographer
- Paul Karasick · Editor
- Kerry Barden · Casting director
- Billy Hopkins · Casting director
- Suzanne Smith Crowley · Casting director
- William Barclay · Production designer
- John Kasarda · Production designer