Despite its great cast, this movie will cheat you out of your money.
“The Other Woman,” a film with the potential to be the adult version of “John Tucker Must Die,” sadly failed to impress.
“The Other Woman” is the story of Carly Whitten (Cameron Diaz), a woman who discovers that her boyfriend, Mark King (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), is married. Carly then discontinues her relationship with him, but the plot thickens when she meets his wife, Kate King (Leslie Mann).
The two women bond over their cheating husband/boyfriend and, despite all odds, become good friends. Carly and Kate meet a third woman, Amber (Kate Upton), with whom Mark is having an affair. The three women become an unlikely group of friends. They then work together to get their revenge on the man who lied to them and broke their hearts.
Mann is hilarious, especially in a scene in which she has a panic attack after realizing Diaz’s character was sleeping with her husband. Her character provides much of the movie’s comic relief, but even so, the dialogue is not as funny as it needs to be to make up for the plot.
Although Diaz looks stunning throughout the movie, her role does not fulfill its expectations. The best part about Diaz’s role is that she develops a relationship with Kate’s gorgeous brother, Phil (Taylor Kinney). Although Kinney’s role is small, his looks make it memorable.
Upton’s role as Amber is also small. Even though her performance is nothing spectacular, her walks and runs on the beach are predictable but necessary for a movie featuring a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covergirl.
Overall, “The Other Woman” has too much going on for its own good. The soundtrack makes very little sense as it transitions between random pop songs and classic hits. It changes the mood of the movie drastically, giving viewers the feeling of being yanked back and forth as the scenes transition from funny to sad and back again.
Although the fact that three women blame the man instead of each other is extremely admirable, the fact that it’s a man cheating on his wife instead of a high school boy cheating on his girlfriends makes the plot much sadder than “John Tucker Must Die.”
_MOVE gives “The Other Woman” 2 out of 5 stars._