The tone is too uneven for us to get on board. And there are a couple of major plot points that are badly mishandled, leaving us feeling cheated.
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11/04/08
The Other Man (2009)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:6
Rotten:27
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Despite the best efforts of a talented cast, The Other Man is talky, witless, and tension-free.
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on a short story by Bernhard Schlink, The Other Man is a love story about a man (Liam Neeson) who discovers that his wife (Laura Linney) has been involved with another man (Antonio Banderas).... [More]
Starring: Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Romola Garai
Director: Richard Eyre
Reviews for The Other Man
Richard Eyre is fast becoming the new master of unhealthy obsession.
09/09/08
The result is B-grade cheese. The only genuine mystery, for me, is why such a fine cast signed on for such a witless movie.
09/25/09
Seldom has such great star power been marshaled in the service of a sillier movie than The Other Man.
10/03/08
Top CriticAn oddly affecting drama offers much food for thought on the after-effects of adultery and the toxin that can wither our soul when we are overtaken by jealousy.
09/11/09
Everyone seems as if they're going through the motions.
09/25/09
While we wait for the inevitable showdown, the film treats us to several surprising plot twists, but shock value can’t distract from the fact that Eyre and his actors are fighting a losing battle.
09/09/09
The Other Man feels like a movie that focuses on the hole, instead of the doughnut.
09/10/09
It's a decent adult drama that should keep you guessing.
09/11/09
Top CriticA skewed psychological thriller revolving around the many forms of betrayal.
09/14/09
plays like a bleary, wandering dream.
09/10/09
It was directed by British theater director Richard Eyre, who knows how to line up the shots but not how to make us feel the compulsive hunger that drives Peter to the brink of a very tidy, stiff-upper-lip breakdown.
09/25/09
The sexual temperature remains a safe, nap-inducing 98.6.
09/11/09
Top CriticIf you like being manipulated by top-notch actors, you'll have a blast here. Otherwise you might lose your patience. I didn't.
09/10/09
Can you believe that a guy who once played Oskar Schindler and a woman who was Abigail Adams can go slumming in a less-than-appealing soap?
09/11/09
The promising intrigue of a husband's bullheaded obsession with his wife's lover falls flat in The Other Man, directed with an indifferent hand by Richard Eyre.
09/08/08
Top CriticGood actors (including Liam Neeson and Laura Linney) are wasted in Eyre's new film, which is neither effective as anatomy of a troubled marriage nor satisfying as a Hitchcockian thriller about a missing wife.
08/13/09
Near the end, Peter issues this verdict on his romantic rival, “Appalling…but also rather wonderful.” Applied to the film itself, he’s half right.
09/11/09
Neeson, in particular, has to rumble through the movie behaving in a way consistent with the ending and comes off as far over the top in the process.
10/07/09
A supposedly grown-up drama like The Other Man ought to have scruples about where it plans to take you. Trickiness for its own sake is simply a cheat.
09/11/09
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