Simply Irresistible

After inheriting her mothers failing restaurant, Amanda Shelton meets a man named Gene who sells her a crab that becomes her mascot, while also navigating her attraction to Tom, a department store manager in a relationship with a clingy woman named Chris, discovering that her food improves when she cooks her feelings into it, leading to the restaurants success and a romance with Tom, as well as a situation where Toms assistant, Lois, is seduced by Amandas éclairs in an attempt to attract her boss, ultimately culminating in a successful opening night where Amanda overcomes self-doubt, Tom realizes his love for her, and Genes involvement in sparking the magic is implied. Simply Irresistible is a 1999 American English-language Comedy Drama motion picture featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Patricia Clarkson, Dylan Baker, Christopher Durang, Larry Gilliard Jr. and Matt Walker. Regency Enterprises was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Jon Amiel, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. and John Fiedler. Simply Irresistible is written by Judith Roberts, Jon Amiel, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr., John Fiedler, Brian Maas, Arnon Milchan and Elisabeth Robinson and it is directed by Mark Tarlov. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the film. Simply Irresistible was released on 11th March 1999 and takes a screen time of 98 minutes. Simply Irresistible was made on a budget of $6 million and at the box office it grossed only $4 million. Cinematography was done by Robert M. Stevens and editing by Paul Karasick. The music was composed by Gil Goldstein.