The Other Man

 (2008)


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| Sep 29, 2009
Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY
Between the occasional bickering about their daughter's new boyfriend or Lisa's business trips to Milan, the couple seem the very picture of domestic felicity.....Either extreme would be preferable to this bland, mediocre mess of a melodrama.....the cast is pleasant to look at, if not to listen to.....That is, until Lisa unexpectedly exits the picture..... ... Full Review
| Sep 24, 2009
Houston Chronicle
This does not give rise to compelling cinema.....The only genuine mystery, for me, is why such a fine cast signed on for such a witless movie..... ... Full Review
| Sep 24, 2009
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribun
The Other Man" is muddled dud....No sooner does he spot his prey than the movie fizzles like a lighted firecracker dunked in ice water.....There is an all-too-brief moment when this muddled little dud of a melodrama emits a dangerous charge..... ... Full Review
| Sep 18, 2009
Christianity Today
British director Richard Eyre offered a truly compelling drama with 2006's Notes on a Scandal , a straightforward drama (albeit with a slightly unorthodox subject matter) aided by superb performances by great actresses (Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench).....Plot inefficiencies aside, the film is also frustrating in its utter moral ambivalence with regard to marital infidelity.....Though The Other Man has a cast of great actors, they are sadly squandered in a convoluted story....But the biggest problem is the f ... Full Review
| Sep 11, 2009
New York Daily News
After finding some ridiculously candid shots of Lisa and a mystery gent, Peter becomes obsessed and finds the caller, Ralph ( Antonio Banderas ), in Milan .....But a supposedly grown-up drama like "The Other Man" ought to have scruples about where it plans to take you..... ... Full Review

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Liam Neeson and Laura Linney star in "The Other Man." (Image Entertainment ) Thus, the reteaming of the "Kinsey" couple, Liam Neeson and Laura Linney, is squandered on a tale of infidelity and possible revenge. ... Full Article

"The Other Man" Movie Review -- Lisa has a problem. At her home in England, she has a husband, Peter - played by Liam Neeson - who absolutely adores her. ... Full Article

Despite the gimlet eye of Richard Eyre, former director of England's Royal National Theatre, and the top-echelon talents of an impressive cast, a dreary, disabled disaster called The Other Man drops dead at the starting gate. ... Full Article

AN unfortunate movie all the way around, "The Other Men" features Liam Neeson as a widower stalking his late wife's lover, a role he shot a couple of years before the death of his real-life wife, Natasha Richardson. ... Full Article

Earlier this year Liam Neeson struck box office gold as a father desperately searching for his missing daughter in Taken . Now Neeson returns as a husband desperately searching for his wife's lover in The Other Man , which opens... ... Full Article

The Other Man is a tease of a film, in which a husband discovers his wife's affair and makes a point of meeting his rival without giving away who he is. ... Full Article

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