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Summary: BEAUTIFUL....but lost.
Review: Much better than expected. I thought, production wise, it was a great-looking film, though it's most stunning sequences are near impossible (ie. the wind storm in SOHO is so visually gorgeous you ALMOST forget that tornados in NYC are kinda rare; and Can you REALLY kill someone with a Snow Globe?) and the performances by the three leads were all great. However, it gets pretty clear that the writer and director have NO IDEA how to end this movie, and it seems like it ends SIX times. FILM FACT: The little boy who plays Gere & Lane's child is the most rivetingly obnoxious child actor ever (played by some kid from Malcolm in the Middle).
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Summary: DIANE LANE in her Oscar nominated role. Superb!!!
Review: DIANE LANE is wonderful in her Academy Award nominated role. She dominates the screen with a vulnerability that only a truly great actress can achieve. Richard Gere is also very good, but this is a Diane Lane tour-de-force. The film itself is superb and the DVD is a very satisfying presentation of the film with great extras.
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Summary: ... sensational.
Review: "Unfaithful", directed by Adrian Lyne, tells the story of one's unfaithfulness to their marriage, and the consequences of the act when their spouse finds out about the affair. PLOT SUMMARY: Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) is a married woman in her thirties or forties who seems to have everything--good looks, a wealthy husband, Edward (Richard Gere), a nice, big house, and a charming son, Charlie (Erik Per Sullivan). Connie, however, thinks her married life is failing in ... intercourse with her husband, who seems to have lots of time for his career but no time for her. And when Connie is nearly forced into the arms of a young, French man, Paul Martel (Olivier Martinez), on a windy day in New York City, her whole life changes. Now Connie and Paul are lovers in a very steamy relationship. A few months go by, and Edward becomes suspicious of Connie and her "strange habbits". To find out what is going on with his wife, he sends a friend off to spy on her when he goes away on a business trip. The spy catches Connie with Paul on camera, and Edward becomes bitter with jealousy, so jealous, that he murders Paul. Now Edward must confront Connie with her affair and together, they must learn to deal with it for the rest of their lives. MY OVERALL THOUGHTS: I thought "Unfaithful" was a brilliant film. Diane Lane is superb, solid, ... as the unfaithful Connie. Richard Gere and Olivier Martinez are also superb in their roles as the two men in Connie's life. Richard Gere is especially brilliant in the scenes when he feels guilty over Paul's murder. The ... scenes were wonderfully portrayed and looked extremely real, maybe almost too real, because I kept thinking to myself, "Oh, my God! Are they using condoms or birth pills?!" The storyline is solid writing, with an interesting ending and strong dialouge. The music is haunting and the directing is terrific. The DVD includes a nice set of features such as, an audio commentary by the director, eleven deleted scenes, an alternate ending, actor's commentary, a guest show interview with the cast and director, behind-scenes featurette, and cast interviews. This film is available in both wide screen and full frame format DVDs. I highly recommend "Unfaithful". Score:
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Summary: Any man married to Connie could be a tragedy
Review: Many audience questioned the motive of her unfaithful action. I found only one, that she did not love her husband, did not love her son, did not care about her family at all. She was a selfish woman only concerned herself and she was so easily intrigued. Some person claimed that this is real as we all drive by our passion. That's true if one is single who is free to tempt and to be tempt, but a woman with a perfect family? What make her take the first step? After the first intercourse with the handsome French, she showed excitement more than guilty. If there was any, it was obviously not strong enough to extinguish her anticipation of the second, third, forth ....meeting with her new lover. She did not worried her husband would have already sensed there was something happened after he asked her the "silly" question - did she love him. She did not care her son was waiting for her. She did not care that was the gift her husband gave her but to give it to her new lover. She did not care to risk having sex in public nor even tried to be discreet; she just screaming out her pleasure with her friends nearby. She did not care she became a spectacle when she discovered that her sex partner was with other girl. She did not care why her husband lied for her during the investigation, and afterwards, she did not worry what would happen in her family. She did not feel sorry or the need to apologize for her infidelity after she knew that her husband knew her adultery. But she accused her husband of what had he done to him, did he hurt him. (I said accused, because Connie did not show any sorry expression in the due course.) After her husband's reproof, she became loathsome to her husband. But still, she did not feel it was her that pushed the murder. As she said, everyone would make accidental mistake. (Might be she was referring her husband's murder, but it seemed to me she was excusing herself.). What she really care was she could not have the fk again and that told us why she was so fury when Paul was with other girl doing nothing but just walking in the street. And she was so sorry when she knew his death. Why Connie was so obsessed to Paul? Judging from the very beginning of the film and the bathroom scene, Edward seemed to be an affectionate and tender husband. Might be he did not possess the stamina. How could he? He had to start the day early to ride his son to school, work in his firm which sometimes required him working late. He had to nursing the kid, teaching him homework, playing games with him, while his wife just lying in the bed, or talking over the phone, or dreaming about her affairs and planning her fking business. Edward was right he should not kill Paul. He should kill his wife instead. The most reasonable act was to divorce Connie. For a man who believed in trust and loyalty could live with his wife again? Sure not. He just could not trust a woman she was so willing to bring muffin and her body to anybody who offered her a cup of coffee in his place. A film is a film, just for entertaining and not lecturing. But could it be more convincing?
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Summary: Unfaithful was super
Review: One of the best acting jobs I have ever seen. Diane Ladd was spellbinding. I watched the movie twice.
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Summary: Close Encounter of a Torrid Kind
Review: Diane Lane is superb as the chemistry-gone-wild woman/mother/wife in this well cast film. When she is with or thinking of her lover Paul (Olivier Martinez) she glistens with erotic ambience; yet in scenes with husband Ed (Richard Gere), she is clearly a devoted, intelligent, well-organized wife and mother. "Well-organized" that is, until she is completely engulfed by the dangers, excitement and helplessness of her passion. "Unfaithful" opens quietly on a family waking up for the day in their opulent suburban home. Contentment, love and stability infuse the scene. When the door opens for Ed to take his leave for the day, the family is confronted with a terrific windstorm. Connie hurries to the train for shopping in the City. The camera catches the wild abandon of the wind in the city that picks up trash, Macy's parade-type balloons, streamers and tosses them all aloft. Connie's packages billow around her head, her skirt catches the wind. She loses control and literally gets blown over, knocking a man down, and scraping her knees. The two of them try to retrieve the books, packages blowing about, but are defeated. No, it isn't quite "destiny;" Connie realizes in a distant way that this young man spells danger, but she accompanies him to ostensibly get a band aid for her injured knees. Martinez plays Paul as neither good nor bad. His youth is emphasized along with youth's carelessness and sublime conceit. Paul is a good-natured intellectual stud with a charming French accent. Connie is frankly getting off on flaunting more and more public sexual displays. She dresses with only an eye for sensuality and ease. It is inevitable that Ed will discover her adultery. In ways, Connie wants him to know, to rescue her from herself. I don't think Ed is murderous, just bewildered, but the gesture of a moment locks Ed and Connie into a changed world. "Unfaithful" has a good pace, beautiful photography and, it goes without saying, a great deal of eroticism. Overt sexuality usually keeps me away from a film, but Diane Lane transcends misgivings and false sense of propriety. Her Oscar nomination is well earned. Richard Gere plays against type in a very restrained role. "Unfaithful" is well worth seeing.
-sweetmolly-Amazon Reviewer
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Summary: Props to Diane Lane
Review: The only reason I rented tis movie is because of Diane Lane. I've thought she's been a great actress for years. She didn't blow up like the thought she would after "The Cotton Club" but now we know just how good she is. The story was ok and Richard Gere was to I thought the ending was stupid, I liked how the director made it without alot of nudity. worth a look. And I how Diane wins and award for her preformance.!
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Summary: There can be few performances as memorable as DIANE LANE's O
Review: There can be few performances as memorable as DIANE LANE's Oscar nominated portrayal of Connie. LANE simply owns the film and steams up the screen with her sex appeal and searing tour-de-force acting. This is a star-making performance that makes a good film like UNFAITHFUL, into a GREAT film. The film is moody and sombre, but it is thought provoking and very powerful. Great acting and an involving style help to cover up a few shortcomings, but all in all UNFAITHFUL is a very worthwhile film with an amazing performance by DIANE LANE.
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Summary: A Chance Encounter Leads to Much More
Review: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, and Oliver Martinez star in this seductive thriller about the price of infidelity. Gere stars as Edward Sumner, a successful businessman. Diane Lane stars as his wife Connie. They seem to have a good marriage, but that is about to change. One day, Connie literally "runs into" Paul Marteal, played by Oliver Martinez. Paul invites Connie up to his apartment to clean up her bruised leg after she fell on the sidewalk. Connie is immediatley intrigued by the smooth-talking Frenchman, but she's hesitant to act on her impulses. However, she soon realizes that she can no longer control her longings, and she begins to telephone Paul and visit his apartment. Finally, the two begin a steamy and torrid affair. Meanwhile, Edward is sensing changes in his wife. He becomes suspicious about her actions and decides to have her followed. The evidence turned up by the follower is shocking; pictures of Connie and Paul together. Edward is stunned by the photographs and decides to confront Paul, but a tragic accident occurs when Edward meets Paul. Eventually, Edward and Connie patch things up, but their lives will never be the same again. I enjoyed this movie. The acting is good, and the plot is good overall, but the ending of the movie is a tad hard to believe. The performances by the actors, especially Diane Lane, are very good. Drama fans will surely enjoy this sexy thriller.
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Summary: Husbands of the world unite: Kill your wive's lovers!
Review: Adrian Lyne is back at it, twisting the conventions of "bless our happy home" (aka. Fatal Attraction) and coming up with rabid obsessions, extra-marital trysts that, to say the very least, turn out badly, and cliched plot entanglements that really come up a cropper. As a movie, we've seen all this before and told with more clarity and realism than this excursion. Richard Gere is the blithering idiot husband, whose blissful ignorance is shattered when he discovers his wife is having an affair with a scummy-looking artist and bookseller. Why is it that artists are always "painted" in this light (aka. A Perfect Murder)?
But enough about plot. This review is for the DVD. The widescreen transfer is anamorphic but disappointing. Fine details shimmer throughout. The muted color scheme is sometimes nicely represented, at other times suffering from smeared, undistiguishable colors and low contrast levels. A few extras, including some interviews but overall nothing that would suggest Fox's marketing as a "special edition". Bottom line: the movie is terrible. A lack luster DVD transfer is just icing on the cake!
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