We Don't Live Here Anymore

There was a Bergmanesque quality to "We Don't Live Here Any More," recalling the passionate stories and deep psychological insights into characters in the films of the Swedish auteur filmmaker. Like Bergman, director John Curran offered a sensitive touch to... Full review

A serious and emotionally engaging melodrama that tells of two marriages, of love, friendship, adultery, faithfulness, parenting, and the delicate balance between being true to the spirit within and being responsible about the consequences in the real world.Mark Ruffalo and... Full review

I felt so uncomfortable during the whole movie to see how these two marriages dismantle, how love disappears and gives place to indifference, how the only one who loves, Terry (Laura Den, a very credible performance) struggles the most. Though... Full review

Not a heart-wrenching film but illuminates with precision the dynamics of friendship, marriage and adultery. It shows a potent portrait of two couples whose marriages are going to break; has an enormous power and tells some uncomfortable truths. In this... Full review

"We Don't Love Here Anymore," based on two short stories by Andre Dubus, is a pared-down, very effective view of marriage and infidelity. If you are looking for an "entertaining" film, then go elsewhere. Dubus, author of the short story... Full review

Watch this as a double-bill with Mike Nichols' "Closer," and you very well might swear off love, relationships and marriage for a very long time, if not forever.The last screenwriter I'd expect to write a somber, almost Bergmanesque exploration of... Full review

This is a difficult film to sit through. It presents a lot of morality issues that are unnerving. Andre Dubus' work always asked a lot of questions about human relations like the ones that are presented here from two of... Full review

If "We Don't Live Here Anymore" had been made in the 1960s, it might have been titled "Jack and Terry and Hank and Edith". To borrow the title of another celebrated 60s film, "We Don't Live Here Anymore" is about... Full review

"We Don't Live Here Anymore" is a sophisticated examination of the complexities of the difficult relationship that is contemporary marriage and family. As it takes us awhile in the beginning to figure out who is attached in what couple, Mark... Full review

Director John Curran's "We Don't Live Here Anymore" is a continuously sizzling, attention-holding drama about two couples - best friends - who are perched precariously in twisted relationships that threaten their marriages and imperil the security of their children.Jack Linden... Full review

It sounds compelling, but the film plays rather flat. but that's not to say it's a bad film It's just that I don't respond to it, even though I appreciate it's a powerful dissection of marriage, with some brutal scenes that ring true. ... Full Review

Indie-movie fans may identify him with the drama "We Don't Live Here Anymore," in which he starred as a loutish writer having an affair with his best friend's wife. You're character is really going to suffer. ... Full Review

It's a movie that understands the simple pleasure of seeing a good story told well. Proving that they can, in fact, make 'em like they used to, The Painted Veil is a well-crafted period drama that's propelled by a fine script, lovely location work, and terrific performances by two of our most reliable actors, Edward Norton and Naomi Watts. ... Full Review

John Curran's direction is also great, and his film is replete with fantastic cinematography and wonderfully... This movie has a great cast, and I do mean great. ... Full Review

There's nothing in We Don't Live Here Anymore to make us want to witness the hurt induced by excruciatingly selfish acts. The couples share dinner parties and common interests, but hide that they are miserable in their marriages - an underlying truth that drives the sombre tone of the film. ... Full Review

Review by Margaret Pomeranz Is it any wonder that John Curran, the director of PRAISE, one of the major achievements of Australian cinema in recent years, has decamped to America for his next effort. ... Full Article

Meet Jack (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank (Peter Krause), a pair of thirtysomething lecturers at a college in New England. Jack is married to Terry (Laura Dern) and Hank is hitched to Edith (Naomi Watts), but Jack is slipping it to... ... Full Article

Early on in "We Don't Live Here Anymore," a housewife named Edith tells of going to the zoo with her daughter, where the sight of a caged ape made her cry. ... Full Article

What's more, he argues, at least now that Miramax has trimmed it, Hero doesn't work cinematically, either: "What we get is a succession of highlights with no air in between, a film that's a commercial for itself. ... Full Article

Friday, August 27, 2004 By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Both of the couples in John Curran's "We Don't Live Here Anymore" are living passionate, exciting sex lives. Unfortunately, they're living them with each others' spouses. Based on short stories of ... Full Article

Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is the template for lacerating, funny, wrenching, moving dramas about academics and their wives baring psyches, snapping at those who presume to get too close and redeeming themselves through need and compassion. ... Full Article