Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton, Leslie Mann
Running time: 109 minutes
Considering
the cast involved in this 2014 romantic comedy, I was expecting a little more
out of The Other Woman. And you also have to consider that it was made by the
same director who gave us The Notebook. Unlike that movie and John Q, which was
also made by Nick Cassavetes, the goal here is certainly not to make us cry.
The Other
Woman is the story of Carly (Diaz), an attorney who thinks she has found the
perfect man in the guy she has been dating for a while. Unfortunately for her,
she comes to find out he is married to another woman. She becomes friend with
the man’s wife, oddly enough, and with another mistress of his. Together, they
strike up a plan to get revenge.
Such a
storyline offered some potential for some good laughs. Unfortunately, the tone
taken by the actors is so over-the-top at times that it becomes off-putting. What
we end up with in the end is a slapstick mess. Played in a little more
toned-down fashion, it could have been so much better.
Nonetheless,
The Other Woman remains decent entertainment. The wife and I had a few laughs
watching it on a cold night. Better than a lot of stuff in that same genre, but
could have been so much more.
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