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The Other Man (2008)

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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 40
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 34

Despite the best efforts of a talented cast, The Other Man is talky, witless, and tension-free.

Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 15

Despite the best efforts of a talented cast, The Other Man is talky, witless, and tension-free.

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Movie Info

A man (Liam Neeson) travels to Milan in hopes of tracking down his missing wife (Laura Linney), only to discover that she was leading a secret life after crossing paths with her handsome lover (Antonio Banderas). Devastated and enraged, the husband begins plotting his ultimate revenge. Adapted from Bernhard Schlink's novel of the same name. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Drama

Directed By: Richard Eyre

Written By: Richard Eyre, Charles Wood

In Theaters: Dec 3, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Apr 7, 2009

Image Entertainment

Neeson, in particular, has to rumble through the movie behaving in a way consistent with the ending and comes off as far over the top in the process.

October 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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The result is B-grade cheese. The only genuine mystery, for me, is why such a fine cast signed on for such a witless movie.

September 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Amy Biancolli

Houston Chronicle

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Everyone seems as if they're going through the motions.

September 25, 2009 Comment

Cary Darling

Dallas Morning News

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Before long, the characters, which director Richard Eyre adapted from a Bernhard Schlink short story, cease to be people and start to become devices.

September 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

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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.

September 23, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Rex Reed

New York Observer

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Despite the cast, which is very good, you never feel like they're really taking on a life of their own.

September 15, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies

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Michael Phillips

At the Movies

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A manipulative bore of a film. Liam Neeson is better than this and so are you.

October 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Moviedex

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Alex Lindsey Jones

Moviedex

A good character study lost in the haze of bad thriller gimmickry.

January 11, 2010 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

Strangely inhospitable, perhaps better appreciated three margaritas into a Sunday afternoon Lifetime film festival than a critical Friday night rental.

December 7, 2009 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

Its plotting leans more toward silly, soap opera-ish machinations, and while Banderas is as charming as ever, there are a couple of crucial bits of miscasting.

October 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A turgid tale of adultery among the rich and boring.

September 29, 2009 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

It was directed by British theater director Richard Eyre, who knows how to line up the shots but not how to make us feel the compulsive hunger that drives Peter to the brink of a very tidy, stiff-upper-lip breakdown.

September 25, 2009 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)

St. Paul Pioneer Press

A skewed psychological thriller revolving around the many forms of betrayal.

September 14, 2009 Full Review Source: SSG Syndicate

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Susan Granger

SSG Syndicate

A contrived, poorly crafted, sophomoric and bland thriller that can't even be saved by its stellar cast.

September 12, 2009 Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Stagy to a fault, and painfully uneventful, "The Other Man" suffocates from the pitiable writing at hand.

September 12, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Near the end, Peter issues this verdict on his romantic rival, "Appalling...but also rather wonderful." Applied to the film itself, he's half right.

September 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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John P. McCarthy

Boxoffice Magazine

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This drama film is ultimately disappointing and deserving of its relatively low rating because its edit is annoying and telegraphs where it is going. It is about adultery and triangle of love among the husband, wife and her lover. The story is supported by Liam Neeson, Laura Linney and Antonio Banderas, but

September 10, 2009

Dean McKenna

Super Reviewer

Oppressively, unforgettably awful, The Other Man is the kind of movie that is so desperately self-important that it's stripped of any redeeming sense of fun. If there was even a pulse of life present here, it might have at least vaulted it to so-bad-it's-good status, but I grew too frustrated by its incompetence to

January 12, 2011

Drew Smith

Super Reviewer

The Other Man Quotes

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1. Peter: I want to know who he is and I want an identity.
– Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)
1. Abigail: Hello? Dad?
2. Peter: Listen, can I talk to you?
3. Abigail: Yeah. Just talk dad, it's what people do on phones.
– Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)

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