Review of The Other Woman (2014) by Sarah D — 29 Nov 2014

Review:

Personally, I didn't find this movie that funny. The acting was way over the top, especially from Leslie Mann who went around shouting out her business were ever she went. The concept also wasn't that great or original and I found the ending pretty corny. The movie is based around a cheating husband who blantantly gets caught out by his wife and 2 of the women that he is doing the dirty with. The dashing Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister in the Game Of Thrones series, is finally left without a leg to stand on after the 3 wounded ladies become best friends and join forces to take the love of there life. CORNY! Anyway, there are a few laughs in the movie but they weren't that amazing. Its definitely a movie for all of the cheated women out there but from a man's point of view, it really wasn't that entertaining or interesting. Disappointing!

Round-Up:

All the way through the film I was trying to work out what had changed on Cameron Diaz's face because she looked completely different from her early days in the Mask. I finally realised that she has had loads of botox injected into her cheekbones and her nose has changed shape. Her leathery skin also looked a bit weird and her toned down acting in this movie really didn't suit her. I'm used to seeing her taking the lead and making a fool out of herself, but the director chose to give that role to Leslie Mann who was crazy throughout the movie. She also had weird looking skin and the body of a 5 year old, which is why it wasn't that surprising that her husband cheated on her with the beautiful Kate Upton, who seemed a bit useless in the movie. Finally, I think that the director was trying to pull in a bigger audience by casting Nicki Minaj as the secretary, but I found her nasal accent, outrageous clothes and strange proportioned body, a pointless addition to this unfunny chick flick.

Budget: $40million.

Worldwide Gross: $197million (WOW!).

I recommend this movie to people who are into their chick flicks about a cheating husband who gets taken down by his wife and 2 of his mistresses. 4/10.