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The Other Woman
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2014
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The Other Woman
Positive Reviews
50
Negative reviews
86
Average Rating
2.2
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2.0
Its one of those cases where a Hollywood movie inadvertently summarizes itself in a single shot.
Av Club
2.5
Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann enjoy some sparky chemistry as the mistress and wife who discover theyre both in love with the same man.Trouble is, Cassa ..
Rogerebert
3.0
This movie is entertaining and sometimes insightful, even empowering, especially in the way it turns the idea of two (or, in this case, multiple) wome ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
Indeed, its this sense of tonal clash that largely distinguishes The Other Woman, which feels like a movie productively at war with itself, taking its ..
Variety
1.5
Neither one is funny though.The biggest stain on The Other Woman is not just that Cassavetes fails at delivering moments of outrageous physical comedy ..
We Got This Covered
3.0
Two mistresses and a wife gang up on a cheater in this so so revenge comedy.
Time Out
2.0
It would nice to be able to declare that this women on top revenge comedy presents a sparky gender role inversion, but instead it just trots out the u ..
The Guardian
1.0
Meanwhile, The Other Woman scrawls out a dumb dumb feminist message with a big, fat marker pen.
The Guardian
1.9
Because the film isnt consistent enough in its tastelessness, these juvenile gross out gags are never truly shocking, and in the end simply feel out o ..
1.9
Somewhere inside all of The Other Womans tasteful interiors, posh seaside locales and slapstick stridency, there is a decent movie about female compet ..
1.5
In Carly and especially Kate, Stack delivers two fleshed out, engaging characters.
Screen Daily
3.5
The film may be based on a story by the esteemed Bernhard (The Reader) Schlink, but it feels more like a slightly classier version of an airport bests ..
Screen Daily
3.0
You cant shake the feeling that in a just world, all these women even Kate Upton would have better material than this.
Vulture
2.5
Making erratic use of its promising central premise as well as of its uniformly attractive cast, this slick package is nowhere near as good as it coul ..
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
The screenplay by Melissa K. Stack demonstrates that the sisterhood of the betrayed can be more fun and effective than nursing ones wounds in solitude ..
1.5
This female revenge comedy is so dumb, lazy, clumsily assembled and unoriginal, it could crush any actor forced to execute its leaden slapstick gags a ..
The New York Times
2.0
12A cert, 109 min; dir: Nick Cassavetes; stars: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Nicki Minaj High flying, man eating New ..
Telegraph
1.5
The comedy, written by Melissa K. Stack, is essentially a revenge fantasy for any female with unresolved issues over a duplicitous relationship.
3.8
Audiences looking for a nonstop laugh riot may be disappointed, but the big laughs are there, and they benefit from the movies underlying sincerity.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
The idea has potential but the execution is shrill and flabby and Cassavetes cant land a laugh.
2.0
The Other Woman Movie Review After realizing she is not her boyfriends primary lover, a woman teams up with his wife and plots mutual revenge.The most ..
Cinema Blend
1.0
After all, its a lot harder to create fresh ideas than to dress up old ones and call them new.
Ny Daily News
2.0
While a certain crowd will probably like this regardless, its overall a fairly disposable comedy and nothing you havent seen done a thousand times bef ..
JoBlo
3.0
Cameron Diaz brings that Bad Teacher edge to her icy career gal, and serves as a surprisingly good straight woman to Manns wacky character.
Screen Rant
2.5
If not for the nutball charm of this tight wound whirlwind, the dispiriting Hollywood sex comedy The Other Woman would be close to unbearable.
Philly
2.0
Numbingly stupid and uncommonly nasty, this is the sort of chick flick that gives chick flicks a really bad name.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
The Other Woman doesnt give these actresses much to do except look ridiculous, if not sneaky and conniving.
Village Voice
3.1
And thus, is a great comic duo born.The Other Woman is a female empowerment comedy and buddy picture, a PG 13 Bridesmaids, as if that was even possibl ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.9
The Other Woman arrives with a tarnished PG 13 rating, meaning it self censors in ways that are painfully obvious.
ReelViews
2.0
10 1 3 / 10 Im not exactly sure what audience The Other Woman is for.
Blu Ray
0.6
The Other Woman does not completely insult the female sex, but thats not for a lack of trying.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
There is nothing new here and director Nick Cassavetes puts no identifiable impression on the by the numbers comedy. Manns performance, though, brings ..
3.0
Mann is on fire here like shes never been before, a 200 words a minute flake whose neediness is actually endearing.
2.5
The vapid story and its intended humor meanders and loses its way in predictable sit com style.
Usa Today
1.3
The end result is one of the weakest movies yet from a seriously uneven filmmaker, and its ultimately difficult not to wonder what drew the stars to s ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.5
I felt like I was watching Bride Wars: The Sequel. It was that caliber.
You Tube
3.0
Despite taking top billing, Diaz generously allows Mann to shine in a slapstick turn that finds her character swinging between grief and rage like a d ..
Radio Times
2.5
But therein lies the problem.The screenplay by Melissa Stach drags.
Screen It
2.0
This is ladette cinema at its crudest, a raucous, fitfully funny comedy about three women cheated on by the same man.
Independent
2.5
BOTTOM LINE A fine cast in this war of the sexes comedy, but the humor never digs deep.
News Day
3.0
When the gags arent very good to begin to with, this is a prescription for disaster.
Cs Monitor
1.3
But its frustrating to sit through a film in which one simple conversation would negate everything that transpires.
New York Post
3.0
Revenge may be sweet, but it really shouldnt be this slow and prosaic, or smothered in a blanket of dull pop songs.
Film Journal International ..
2.5
Maybe the delicate balance of slapstick humor with the emotional weight of infidelity is just a little too tricky.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
The lack of originality isnt whats most troubling about the film, written by Melissa Stack. Worse is the notion that none of these women is strong eno ..
Az Central
2.5
Dont get mad, get even, is the clarion call which brings together the ill assorted trio of women at the palpitating heart of Nick Cassavetes new comed ..
Smh
3.0
Following the success of Bridesmaids and then The Heat, it seems Hollywood studios are increasingly willing to give female buddy movies a shot.I can o ..
Smh
2.0
As has often been observed, there is nothing about the Bechdel test that is magical: plenty of good movies dont pass it, and heaven knows plenty of te ..
Npr
3.8
The characters are surprisingly well developed for this sort of genre fare.
Star Tribune
0.5
I hate that this movie treats them like cartoon characters.I know its supposed to be a comedy but why do movies meant to be appreciated by grownups ac ..
0.5
But if repetitious grossout isnt enough to entice you, theres also some pointless idiotic slapstick that has no connection to what passes for a plot h ..
2.5
The Other Woman Cameron Diaz suspects something is up with her boyfriend in The Other Woman.( Barry Wetcher / 20th Century Fox ) Starring Cameron Diaz ..
Toronto Star
2.0
One day, Hollywood will amaze us all and cast as a cheated on wife someone who isnt head turningly gorgeous.
Daily Mail
3.0
But this may be the movies boldest stroke: that a rom com in which the man isnt redeemed can still have a happy ending.
Salon
2.0
Unfortunately Nick Cassavetes eighth film squanders its subversive premise.
Flim List
4.0
Admittedly the final unravelling is overdone and the grand finale reminded me of the final payback in The First Wives Club (1996).There is a lot to en ..
2.5
To paraphrase William Congreve: Hell hath no fury like three women scorned.
Susang Ranger
2.5
What begins as a smoothly oiled romantic comedy quickly morphs into a clattery, grinding screwball contrivance.
New Yorker
3.0
Who would have guessed that Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann would be this years Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock
Boston Herald
3.0
Stack extracts plenty of humour from the car crash coming together of the two women with some good lines and quite raw emotion, especially from Manns ..
Express
2.0
The same is true of Mann, whos adding bits of raunchy, dizzy nuance to her Apatow personashes still got a thing for bold, brash bathroom habitsand lug ..
The Film Stage
3.1
While that movie really belonged to Rupert Everett, the sunny goodwill flying out of every single one of Diazs pores cast a nice warm glow over the Ch ..
Chicago Tribune
1.3
The Other Woman is one of those loud, cringe y female empowerment comedies that feels like it was made by people who hate women.
Boston Globe
2.0
This is one of those allegedly pop feminist comedies that invites audiences to root for the massed legions of decent women wronged by awful men throug ..
The Irish Times
1.0
Its stupid at the outset and just gets dumber; by the midway point I couldnt wait for it to be over.
Blogs Indie Wire
1.5
The humor is a mix of painful slapstick and gross out gags, with a consistent mean spirited undertone.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.0
A few lowbrow laughs... but far too many one note characters, performances, and plot points to make them worth showing up for.
Total Film
1.0
Those all too fleeting scenes only serve to make the film more frustrating in wondering how fun the film could have been with a better script and remo ..
Lyles Movie Files
1.9
Mann certainly works it, and gets the odd line thats funny on its own merits, and theres plenty of cheap farce and slapstick humiliations (first for t ..
Groucho Reviews
2.0
... a strange misfire that is only saved from being a complete disaster by the efforts of the films two leads.
Hit Fix
1.3
The Other Woman is as insightful about infidelity as Kim Kardashian would be about nuclear physics. What a detestable piece of crud this picture is.
Aisle Seat
1.5
This quality drama about the all consuming nature of fame desperately aspired to and then precariously achieved deserved to find a much wider audience ..
Herald Sun
1.9
But give yourself some credit too, and watch that old Goldie Hawn flick instead.
Nj
2.5
If you believe in any of these characters, you may be able to enjoy a comedy with a jukebox musical score and a sense of humor that turns a laxative j ..
Movie Habit
2.5
He always draws good and sometimes great performances from his cast, and while thereis nothing great overall about The Other Woman, you definitely don ..
Movies Tv Guide
1.0
Here is the optimistic wish that we have bottomed out for the year and the films to comegood, bad, or indifferentwill have to be better than this.It w ..
Maki At The Movies
1.3
Diaz, Mann, and even Upton have been in much better movies than this one, although thats mainly because it would be harder to be in a worse one.The la ..
Three Movie Buffs
3.0
Fortunately, there are enough laugh out loud moments and an infectious sense of naughty fun to keep you watching to the bitter, bitter end.
Digital Spy
3.5
The dialogue is often clever and funny. The physical comedy is well handled by director Nick Cassevetes and he elicits spot on performances from his c ..
Abc
2.0
As far as chick flick escapism goes, director Nick Cassavetes delivers, but in a surprisingly dated, predictable and one key manner.
Nz Herald
2.5
Maybe another movie will come along like Bridesmaids that pairs funny women with an actual plot.
Kansas City
1.0
However, the resulting film never once elicits a genuine laugh or even the slightest amount of empowerment.
Flicks
1.3
* (out of four) Congratulations, Nikolaj Coster Waldau (Game of Thrones).Its a big moment in any actors career when he gets to have loud, painful diar ..
Red Eye Chicago
2.0
No one particularly lets the side down cast wise, and Upton is a great sport about playing the airheaded beach babe, but it gets lazy in its final thr ..
Independent Ie
3.1
Pertly humored and touching in spots without becoming too soapy, the films entertainment value, plain and simple, goes a long way in smoothing over it ..
Dustin Put Man
3.5
Sometimes this results in something rather hilarious, but it also undermines any credibility the story might have.
Contact Music
2.5
Unfortunately, what could have been memorable ends up being mindless.
Film Racket
3.0
Melissa Stacks script is loose and improvisatory, and genuinely clever in a few places, allowing Diaz and Mann ample room to bumble around amusingly.
Vanity Fair
1.0
Offensively unfunny and odd chick flick that struggles to find a balance between sickly sweet sismance and over the top vulgarity.
Matts Movie Reviews
2.0
Cassavetes and first time screenwriter Melissa Stark arent aiming for the semi intelligent. Theyre kowtowing to the folks who frequent the creme de la ..
Patriot Ledger
2.0
A cash in comedy that has feeble jokes and unhealthy attitudes about humanity.
Antagony & Ecstasy
1.9
Theres only one thing I can say to the scattershot, scatterbrained comedy The Other Woman: This isnt working out, and I need to start seeing other mov ..
Sltrib
3.8
First time screenwriter Melissa Stack rather wisely and insightfully doesnt try to sell Carly as a woman who is simultaneously a successful lawyer and ..
4.5
Covert spy operations reveal that Carly isnt Mark only fling; When hes not with the drop dead gorgeous career woman, hes romancing Amber (Kate Upton), ..
Ign
4.5
Covert spy operations reveal that Carly isnt Mark only fling; When hes not with the drop dead gorgeous career woman, hes romancing Amber (Kate Upton), ..
Ign
4.5
Covert spy operations reveal that Carly isnt Mark only fling; When hes not with the drop dead gorgeous career woman, hes romancing Amber (Kate Upton), ..
Ign
1.5
Every generation gets the battle of the sexes female buddy revenge comedy it deserves.
The Dissolve
2.0
The Other Woman Synopsis After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track.
Movie Web
3.5
With the introduction of Amber, the film develops a sort of contradictory appeal.
Film Comment
2.0
Theres also something rather sad about Diaz and Mann nattering on about blokes as if they are just out of high school.Cassavetes, a self serious filmm ..
Scots Man
3.0
Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton, in The Other Woman (Picture: Twentieth Century Fox) Still impossibly hot to a degree that would confound a Nobel Prize wi ..
Metro
3.5
As predictable as the movies conclusion is, the story has some original twists.
reason
1.5
The potential peeks out every once in a while, teasing the audience that things are about to get better. But those moments quickly fade as The Other W ..
Bowling Green Daily News
3.1
Scatological humor aside, there are enough bright elements in The Other Woman that allow the film to occasionally rise above the mire, and chief among ..
Clclt
2.0
A rancid pseudo girl power film about women who think its just the greatest thing ever to learn theyve all been cheated on by the same guy.
1.0
Nothing in this upside down ode to empowerment is remotely believable much less entertaining and no one in the cast does anything that even resembles ..
Seven Day Svt
1.0
Watching these too numerous attempts at knee slapping scenes gave me flashbacks to Diazs truly terrible girl empowerment movie The Sweetest Thing from ..
Fat Guys At The Movies
2.0
It is a grotesque, shrill, never ending effort that always finds a way to sink a little lower just when youre positive theres no way it can.
From The Balcony
2.0
The directors lack of subtlety extends to the selection of music used on the soundtrack; the theme from Mission: Impossible and thats only one of the ..
The Australian
4.5
While there are a few solidly funny moments, The Other Woman is largely an extended groan.
People
2.0
This saga of the privileged runs a generic and predictable course, despite having likeable chemistry between its female leads.
Ion Cinema
2.0
Soggy, haphazard, poorly paced slapstick mansplained by director Nick Cassavetes from a script by Melissa Stack.
Movie Mom
1.0
Couldnt make up its mind whether to do slapstick or more sophisticated brand of comedy and sadly, wasnt that good at either.
Tri City Herald
3.0
If youve seen the first ten minutes of any Hollywood movie, youll know precisely what all this means something is about to go horribly wrong.
Daily Star
4.0
Tough Love style.If I have a quibble with the film, it has to do with some of the story line.
Media Mikes
3.8
Make no mistake about it: This is a mean spirited movie. But because the whole idea of the show is about women set on revenge, it remains funny and br ..
Qc Times
1.0
But why would that cross your mind in a movie whose comedy and ideas about relationships are aimed at women.Think 2.
Grant Land
2.0
Cameron Diaz gets another chance to contrast her bombshell beauty and an aptitude for slapstick comedy.
Graffiti With Punctuation
2.0
Manns Kate is funny and sweet, surprisingly prone to housewife cliches.
Toledo Blade
0.0
The Other Woman is not just an extremely bad film but also a wholly reprehensible one.
Spectator
1.5
When the best part of a movie is the music, something isnt right.
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
3.5
This is a movie about female bonding rather than female blaming and on that level it scores. The comedy material is often elevated and enhanced by the ..
Richard Crouse
3.1
They will say that Upton isnt acting, that shes just projecting her natural sensibility onto the celluloid.
Free Beacon
2.0
So thats his third lover, second mistress for those keeping score.
Mac Guff
1.0
If you want a film that you could watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon then why not but if you have a list of films that you have to watch then add to th ..
Battle Royale With Cheese
3.8
The Other Woman, though, is definitely funny.Goofy, ridiculous, with more gross out humor than is strictly necessary but still funny.
Miami
1.4
Its an easy premise for a fun female ensemble comedy romp, and unfortunately it falls so far flat that I cant recommend this movie to anyone.
Schmoes Know
2.5
But its also light and snappy thanks largely to the chemistry between Mann and Diaz.
Ut Sandiego
2.0
But I like a good comedy, I even like unfunny comedies, but any comedy that resorts to lame bathroom humor loses me.
Eclipse Magazine
2.5
Its first half is a forgivably cliched comedy for adults, fluidly paced.
MLive.com
2.0
Though the laughs are somewhat cheap, The Other Woman remains an easy to indulge in comedy, if a little conventional.
Hey U Guys
1.5
Even with three women atop the credits, The Other Woman still wouldnt pass the Bechdel test.
L.A. Biz
1.6
It basically wants to be Bridesmaids, but unlike that modern comedy classic it instead comes off as crass and completely insulting to the very female ..
Flixist
2.0
This is quite ironic, for this comedy film is about trying to make the audience laugh over the embarrassing situations in Melissa Stacks screenplay.
Web Archive
2.0
Yet, for all the unforgivable flaws in this sprawling, overly long and poorly edited chick flick, theres something about Cameron Diaz that makes it wa ..
O Canada
3.0
The Other Woman is a coarse, rickety comedy, and the movies glamorous superstar, Cameron Diaz, plays the title role a sexy, upright New York lawyer wh ..
Oc Register
3.5
The short answer is no. This is a fun and engaging comedy with winning performances from all (Ok, most.
The Hollywood Outsider
0.5
I shudder to think what this Bridesmaids Lite flick would have been had Leslie Mann not been allowed to do her thing.
The Movie Minute
1.0
Screenwriter Melissa Stack, who has been given the rare opportunity to feature gorgeous and talented 40 something (!!)
3.0
By the end, there was nothing to root for beyond the beautiful and rich staying beautiful and rich.
The Monitor
3.8
Mann is the one who practically makes the picture, winning most of the laughs with her expert timing, quirky delivery, and general go for broke abando ..
The Movie Report
1.3
The Other Woman is billed as this great revenge film, but that portion of the picture is not big enough nor creative enough to make this an enjoyable ..
Dc5
1.0
This could have been a crowd pleasing tale of female solidarity and revenge along the lines of Nine to Five. Instead, thanks to tissue thin characters ..
Movie Talk
0.5
Maybe it was the company of my BFF that made The Other Woman so funny.
The Daily Times (Tennessee ..
3.0
But, but, but: Mann and Diaz make a surprisingly entertaining comedy team, swiping at each other with impeccable timing; tossing off hilarious, seemin ..
The Coast
1.5
The Other Woman looked promising, it doesnt quite escape the confines of predictability. Instead, it is sadly a squandered opportunity to carry the fu ..
Times of Malta
3.0
The Other Woman is actually at its worst when it tries to be a big, broad, stereotypical big studio comedy ... and if the film has an MVP, its Mann.
Movies About
2.0
If The Other Woman didnt have such a recognizable cast, it might be just plain forgettable.
Neils Entertainment Picks
2.0
But there could be a cast of thousands and it would still be Manns movie.
Family Home Theater
3.0
All things considered, this movie is fine. Although I have to say Cameron Diaz is looking a little rough these days. It strains the imagination to bel ..
Ladue News
2.0
Much of the comedy seems forced or improvised on the spot, and it doesnt really kick into gear until Diaz and Mann start working together.
Spectrum (St. George, Utah ..
3.0
Theres nothing new to director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) film, just solid laughs thanks to Mann.
North Shore News (Vancouve ..
1.5
You might start to get the feeling that this whole thing wasnt so much scripted as fished out of the lint filter of a busted washing machine.
3.1
The saving grace is the presence of Mann and Diaz, who long ago appeared in the same film (1996s Shes the One, also about infidelity) and strike spark ..
National Post
2.5
They bond in the cliched ways women do in studio comedies, getting drunk and discussing personal grooming.But Mann and Diaz wring laughs out of tired ..
Sacbee
1.5
And comedy at least this kind of comedy clearly isnt Cassavetes strong suit.
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