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63The Other Woman isn't a perfect film, but it makes better use of her (Portman) talents than her other current movie, "No Strings Attached."
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Feb 1, 201163Has brief moments of levity and charm, but mostly it's depressing.
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63It may work for those in search of a good cry but as a story of a damaged woman to touch the soul, it misses the mark.
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60The Other Woman earns a viewer's respect for the grace notes that director-screenwriter Don Roos finds beneath these familiar tunes, for the unassertive skill with which he paints upper-class life on the Upper East Side, and for the rightness of the performances.
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60The one person who does appreciate Emilia is Portman - which is what saves The Other Woman from the easy judgment toward which it so often appears to be edging.
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Feb 1, 201160The problem, however, lies squarely with Portman herself, who (Oscar nod or no) seems unlikely to ever achieve a tone between histrionic and affectless.
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58The book may have been too unwieldy for Roos to wrangle. There's a lot of story (and backstory) here, which Roos tries to squeeze in every which way.
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50In spite of its air of seriousness and sophistication, The Other Woman feels oddly shapeless and pokey.
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Feb 2, 201150Roos works from the edge of a precipice as well, distending the melodrama in his films until it finally tumbles in subtle, observant satire; Kudrow, who etches each pause in acid, was born to speak his dialogue.
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50Opportunities for bad behavior abound in Waldman's novel - the author's prerogative. Roos, though, hasn't cracked the puzzle of how to explore that behavior on screen in such a way that the characters behave badly in interesting, rather than arbitrary, ways.
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40It becomes a parade of interpersonal conflict and miserable circumstances that adds up to nothing less than angst-porn.
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40Natalie Portman may have the black swan and the white swan down, but she's still working on the gray.
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Feb 3, 201130This soapy drama manages to be both half-baked and overcooked.
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30Though lazily mocking hyper-vigilant parenting, the film treats the moldiest clichés - as gospel.
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10Inside of five minutes I felt an urgent, blinding hatred for almost all its grotesquely overprivileged characters.
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0Lest my own reaction be misconstrued, let me explain that I didn't like a single one of these insufferable narcissists, the kid included.