Seldom has such great star power been marshaled in the service of a sillier movie than The Other Man.
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The biggest mystery in this wannabe thriller is why such topnotch actors would sign on for such a dreary movie that amounts to a mediocre soap opera.
Everything from the script to the film’s score seems stock, and echoes of past victories--Eyre’s dissection of infidelity in "Notes on a Scandal," Neeson and Linney’s chemistry in "Kinsey"--only remind you of what these talents are capable of when the stars actually align.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
A movie needs to announce if it's playing games. Pulling the rug out from under a viewer is fine for whodunnits and psychological thrillers and the usual suspects. But a supposedly grown-up drama like The Other Man ought to have scruples about where it plans to take you.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The Other Man is self-conscious, overproduced, overacted Euro-marital hoo-ha.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Muddled little dud of a melodrama.