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

At times, We Dont Live Here Anymore becomes overly schematic in its repeated comparisons between the scrupulously tidy household of Edith and Hank and the messiness of the home shared by Terry and Jack. Based on two short stories from the late Catholic writer Andre Dubus, Larry Grosss script was originally written back in the late 70s and this unflinching domestic drama feels like it could belong to that decade of maverick moviemaking. ... Full Review

It's a sad, sad movie with characters that are unafraid of being unlikable, subtly perverse, and petty. Through the picture's excellent ensemble (Dern, in particular gives a brave, ugly/compassionate performance), We Don't Live Here Anymore raises the bar on domestic drama. ... Full Review

But, granted those two matter-of-fact details, I enjoyed We Don't Live Here Anymore , through and through. The movie plays out like magic realism, with tons of realism and no magic. Peter Krause is interesting and sometimes bitterly funny. ... Full Review

Characters are so thoroughly explored and complicated that they constantly rotate between being loathsome and despicable to relatable and human. Something that is often lacking in films today is strong character development. ... Full Review

We Don't Live Here Anymore" may have all the hallmarks of indie credibility but let the buyer beware. Ruffalo slinks about guiltily and Krause has the appropriate air of entitled self-absorption, but Watts gives a particularly wan performance as the unloved wife who betrays her best friend. ... Full Review

Like the former, two college professors and their spouses socialize with three or four drinks too many. Like the latter, the script is adapted from the work of Andre Dubus, in this case his short stories "We Don't Live Here... ... 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

"We Don't Live Here Anymore" is like the bad fight that ends the bad marriage: ugly, messy, loud, sometimes incoherent, but ultimately necessary.You're glad when either of them -- the marriage or the movie -- is over. ... Full Article

THERE'S A BLEAKLY COMIC bit in "We Don't Live Here Anymore," a searingly real drama about two couples cheating not just on each other but with each other, where a husband confronts the fact that his wife, Edith (Naomi Watts),... ... Full Article

For extramarital lovers, the characters in John Curran's "We Don't Live Here Anymore" spend a lot of time talking about their spouses. Jack (Mark Ruffalo) and Edith (Naomi Watts) are cheating on Terry ( Laura Dern ) and Hank (Peter... ... Full Article