The Other Woman

The Other Woman

Rated PG-13 and Released in Grand Rapids 4/25/14

Reviewed 4/25/14 at Celebration North Theatre

with Cindy

3 out of 5 Js in QUIET Rating System

The Other Woman should be called The Other Women. The "women" are Cameron Diaz (mistress #1) as the sharp attorney Carly, and Kate Upton (mistress #2) as bubble head, but who cares about the brains Amber. Clueless wife Kate King is played by Leslie Mann, displaying a bit of frump in her cardigans, hat and floral attire which I am sure is intentional. Suffice to say this guy is pretty lucky. Cindy and I laughed pretty hard amongst the female-filled audience, but if the guys can get passed "the view", they will also find it to be pretty comical.

Actress Leslie Mann has no shame and she has demonstrated she will do just about anything in a movie. Even though she always has the cooke cutter parts, it really does work foe her. The opening scene with Kate (Mann) blabbering away at her husband Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - Game of Thrones) in the bathroom had the audience laughing. Almost too hard, like we all might relate?

In the suburbs, Kate stumbles upon the realization that her husband is having an affair. Credit can be given to Carly (Diaz) who appears on the Kings' doorstep to surprise dear Mark. In Carly's defense she does not know that Mark is a married man. This allows the two gals to strike up an unlikely friendship after Kate latches on to Carly and won't let go. The pair even become partners in crime with the common goal to make Mark pay for his sins. Lucky for them when they follow Mark to the beach it is right next to Kate's cute brother Phil's (Taylor Kinney) beach house which are dually noted by Carly. While spying, they discover the sneaky husband is cheating on both of them with a third sexpot Amber (Upton).

She is much easier to win over, making it a trio of demise. The first half of this flick is silly fun and then it simmers a bit, but no worries it gets back on track for the predictable but very satisfying ending. Sorry guys, Mark very deservingly "gets" his!

QUIET Rating system: 3 Js

Quality: JJ

Understood story:  JJJJ

Interest: JJJ

Entertainment:  JJJj

Time:  JJj